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Lamentations 2:17 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.


Lamentations 2:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 2:1719 words
HebrewMeaning
עָשָׂ֨הʿāśāh
accomplishverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
זָמָ֗םzāmām
considerverbH2161
devise · imagine · plot · purpose ···
בִּצַּ֤עbiṣaʿ
covetverbH1214
cut · finish · fulfill · gain ···
אֶמְרָת/וֹ֙ʾemərātwō
commandmentnounH565
speech · word
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
צִוָּ֣הṣiwāh
appointverbH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
מִֽ/ימֵיmiymēy
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
קֶ֔דֶםqedem
aforetimenounH6924
ancient · before · east (end · part ···
הָרַ֖סhāras
beat downverbH2040
break (down · through) · destroy · overthrow ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חָמָ֑לḥāmāl
have compassionverbH2550
pity · spare
וַ/יְשַׂמַּ֤חwayəśamaḥ
cheer upconjH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
עָלַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ʿālayikə
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אוֹיֵ֔בʾwōyēb
enemyverbH341
foe
הֵרִ֖יםhēriym
bring upverbH7311
exalt · extol · give · go up ···
קֶ֥רֶןqeren
hornnounH7161
hill
צָרָֽיִ/ךְṣārāyikə
adversarynounH6862
afflicted · anguish · close · distress ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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