Lamentations 2:3
He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
Lamentations 2:3 in other translations
| BSB | In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it. |
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| WEB | He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger. He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy. He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around. |
| ASV | He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. |
| YLT | He hath cut off in the heat of anger every horn of Israel, He hath turned backward His right hand From the face of the enemy, And He burneth against Jacob as a flaming fire, It hath devoured round about. |
| DARBY | He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath withdrawn his right hand from before the enemy; and he burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, devouring round about. |
| BBE | In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about. |
| Webster | He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth on every side. |
What does Lamentations 2:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 2:1-9
Lamentation for the misery of Jerusalem. Verses 1-9 A sad representation is here made of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel; but the notice seems mostly to refer to the hand of the Lord in their calamities. Yet God is not an enemy to his people, when he is angry with them and corrects them. And gates and bars stand in no stead when God withdraws his protection. It is just with God to cast down those by…
Lamentations 2:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 2:3
- Psalms 74:11
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
- Psalms 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
- Isaiah 42:25
Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
- Psalms 75:10
All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
- Psalms 89:46
How long, Lord? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
- Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
- Psalms 79:5
How long, Lord? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- Jeremiah 21:4-5
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
- Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
- Psalms 132:17
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
- Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- Luke 1:69
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
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Context
- Lamentations 2:2
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.
- Lamentations 2:3
He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
- Lamentations 2:4
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Lamentations 2:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cortó con el furor de su ira todo el cuerno de Israel; hizo volver atrás su diestra delante del enemigo; y encendióse en Jacob como llama de fuego que ha devorado en contorno. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il a retranché, dans l’ardeur de sa colère, toute la corne d’Israël; il a retiré sa droite devant l’ennemi, et il a brûlé en Jacob comme un feu flamboyant qui dévore à l’entour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | In Zornesglut hat er abgehauen jedes Horn Israels; er hat seine Rechte zurückgezogen vor dem Feinde, und hat Jakob in Brand gesteckt wie ein flammendes Feuer, das ringsum frißt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Confregit in ira furoris sui omne cornu Israël; avertit retrorsum dexteram suam a facie inimici, et succendit in Jacob quasi ignem flammæ devorantis in gyro. |