Lamentations 4:11

Hashem hath accomplished His fury; 1 He hath poured out His charon af, 1 and hath kindled an eish in Tziyon, 1 and it hath devoured the yesodot thereof. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

In Context

10The hands of the pitiful nashim 1 have cooked their own yeladim; 1 they were their meat 1 in the destruction of the Bat Ami. 1

12The malkhei eretz, 1 and all the inhabitants of the tevel (world), 1 would not have believed that the adversary and the oyev 1 should have entered into the sha'arei Yerushalayim. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:28Then I will walk keri unto you also in chamat (fury); and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your chattot.

Isaiah 51:20Thy banim have fainted, they lie at the rosh of all the streets, 1 like a wild bull in a net; 1 they are full of the chamat Hashem, 1 the rebuke of thy G-d. 1

Jeremiah 7:20Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem; Hinei, Mine anger and My fury shall be poured out upon Hamakom Hazeh (this place), upon haadam, and upon behemah, and upon the etz hasadeh, and upon the pri ha'adamah; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 13:14And I will dash them one against another, even the avot and the banim together, saith Hashem; I will not pity, nor spare, nor have rachamim, but destroy them. 1

Jeremiah 15:1Then said Hashem unto me, Though Moshe and Shmuel stood before Me, yet My Nefesh could not be toward HaAm Hazeh; cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth.

Jeremiah 19:3And say, Hear ye the Devar Hashem, O melachim of Yehudah, and inhabitants of Yerushalayim; Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os, the Elohei Yisroel; Behold, I will bring ra'ah upon this makom, the which whosoever heareth, his oznayim shall tingle.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:2-13

Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches… Read the whole commentary →

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