Lamentations 2:8

Hashem hath purposed to destroy 1 the Chomat Bat Tziyon; 1 He hath stretched out a measuring line, 1 He hath not withdrawn His hand from destroying; 1 therefore He made the rampart and the chomah to lament; 1 they languished together. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

In Context

7Adonoi hath cast off His Mizbe'ach, 1 He hath disowned His Mikdash, 1 He hath given up into the yad oyev 1 the chomot armonot of hers; 1 they have raised shouts in the Beis Hashem, 1 as in the Yom Mo'ed. 1

9Her she'arim are sunk into the ground; 1 He hath destroyed and broken her bars; 1 her melech and her sarim (princes) are among the Goyim; 1 the torah is no more; 1 her nevi'im also find no chazon (vision) from Hashem. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 8:2And he struck Moav, and measured them with a chevel (cord, rope), casting them down to the ground; even with two chavalim (ropes, cords) measured he to put to death, and with one full chevel (cord) to keep alive. And so Moav became to Dovid as avadim, and brought minchah (gifts, tribute).

Job 13:21Withdraw Thine hand far from me, 1 and let not Thy eimah (dread, terror) make me afraid. 1

Isaiah 5:5And now then; 1 I will tell you now what I will do to my kerem (vineyard): 1 I will take away the hedge thereof, 1 and it shall be grazed upon; 1 and break down the wall thereof, 1 and it shall be trampled down; 1

Isaiah 28:17Mishpat also will I make as the measuring line, 1 and tzedakah to be the plumbline; 1 and the barad shall sweep away the refuge of kazav, 1 and the mayim shall overflow the hiding place. 1

Jeremiah 5:10Go ye up through her rows of vines, and cut down; 1 but make not a full end; 1 take away her branches; 1 for they are not Hashemʼs. 1

Jeremiah 52:13And set fire to the Beis Hashem, and the Bais HaMelech (the palace); and all the batim (houses) of Yerushalayim, and all the bais hagadol, he burned with eish:

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:2-10

Cause, Extent, and Greatness of Zion's Calamities. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 3 He… Read the whole commentary →

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