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Lamentations 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.


Lamentations 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Lamentations 2:817 words
HebrewMeaning
חָשַׁ֨בḥāšab
he has plannedverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/הַשְׁחִית֙ləhašəḥiyt
to destroypronH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
חוֹמַ֣תḥwōmat
the wall ofnounH2346
walled
בַּתbat
the daughter ofnounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
צִיּ֔וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
נָ֣טָהnāṭāh
he has stretched outverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
קָ֔וqāw
a measuring-linenounH6957
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הֵשִׁ֥יבhēšiyb
he has turned backverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
יָד֖/וֹyādwō
hand hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
מִ/בַּלֵּ֑עַmibalēʿa
from swallowing uppronH1104
destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···
וַ/יַּֽאֲבֶלwayaʾăbel
and he has caused to mournconjH56
mourn
חֵ֥לḥēl
rampartnounH2426
bulwark · host · poor · rampart ···
וְ/חוֹמָ֖הwəḥwōmāh
and wallconjH2346
walled
יַחְדָּ֥וyaḥədāw
togetheradvH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
אֻמְלָֽלוּʾuməlālw
they have languishedverbH535
be weak · wax feeble
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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Understanding grace - Lamentations 2
There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The contrast between human weakness and divine strength is so vivid...
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