Lamentations 2:17

Hashem hath done that which He had devised; 1 He hath fulfilled His word 1 that He decreed in the yemai kedem; 1 He hath overthrown, and hath not pitied, 1 and He hath caused thine oyev to gloat over thee, 1 He hath exalted the keren of thine adversaries. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee; 1 they hiss and gnash their teeth; 1 they cry: We have swallowed her! 1 This is the Yom that we waited for; 1 we have found, we have seen it. 1

18Their lev cried unto Adonoi: 1 O Chomat Bat Tziyon, 1 let tears run down like a river yomam valailah; 1 give thyself no relief; 1 let not thine eye rest. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:14But if ye will not pay heed unto Me, and will not do all these mitzvot,

Deuteronomy 29:18And it come to pass, when he heareth the divrei haalah (words of this oath, imprecation) that he bless himself in his lev, saying, Shalom be with me, though I walk in the stubbornness of mine lev — thus bringing disaster on both the watered and the thirsty.

Deuteronomy 32:15But Yeshurun grew fat, and kicked; 1 thou art grown fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; 1 then he forsook G-d which made him, 1 and lightly esteemed the Tzur of his Yeshu'ah (Salvation). 1

Psalms 38:16For I wait for Thee, Hashem; 1 Thou wilt hear, Adonoi Elohai. 1

Psalms 89:43Thou hast exalted the yamin of his adversaries; 1 Thou hast made all his oyevim to rejoice. 1

Jeremiah 40:3Now Hashem hath brought it about, and done according as He hath said; because ye have sinned against Hashem, have not obeyed His voice, so Davar Hazeh is come upon you.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:11-22

Complicated Sorrows. ( b. c. 588.) 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. 12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn… Read the whole commentary →

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