Lamentations 4 · Verse 11

Lamentations 4:11

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.
Lamentations 4:11, King James Version

Lamentations 4:11 in other translations

BSBThe LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
WEBThe LORD has accomplished his wrath. He has poured out his fierce anger. He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
ASVJehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
YLTCompleted hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth her foundations.
DARBYJehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof.
BBEThe Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.
WebsterThe LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured her foundations.

What does Lamentations 4:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. fire ... devoured ... foundations--(De 32:22; Jr 21:14). A most rare event. Fire usually consumes only the surface; but this reached even to the foundation, cutting off all hope of restoration. Lamed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 4:1-12

The deplorable state of the nation is contrasted with its ancient prosperity. Verses 1-12 What a change is here! Sin tarnishes the beauty of the most exalted powers and the most excellent gifts; but that gold, tried in the fire, which Christ bestows, never will be taken from us; its outward appearance may be dimmed, but its real value can never be changed. The horrors of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem are…

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Lamentations 4:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּלָּ֤הki.Lahhe has completedH3615
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חֲמָת֔וֹcha.ma.Torage hisH2534
שָׁפַ֖ךְsha.Fakhhe has poured outH8210
חֲר֣וֹןcha.Ron[the] burning ofH2740
אַפּ֑וֹ'a.Poanger hisH639
וַיַּצֶּת\־vai.ya.tzet-and he has kindledH3341
אֵ֣שׁ'esha fireH784
בְּצִיּ֔וֹןbe.tzi.Yonin ZionH6726
וַתֹּ֖אכַלva.To.khaland it has consumedH398
יְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ\׃\ \סye.so.do.Tei.hafoundations itsH3247

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Cross references for Lamentations 4:11

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 22:31

    Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.

  • Lamentations 2:17

    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.

  • Jeremiah 17:27

    But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

  • Ezekiel 20:47-48

    And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

  • Daniel 9:12

    And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 15:1-4

    Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

  • Luke 21:22

    For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

  • Jeremiah 23:19-20

    Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

  • Jeremiah 14:15-16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

  • Jeremiah 13:14

    And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  • Jeremiah 9:9-11

    Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lord.
22; 2:8,17; De 32:21-25; Jer 6:11,12; 7:20; 9:9-11; 13:14
Jer 14:15,16; 15:1-4; 19:3-11; 23:19,20; 24:8-10; Eze 20:47,48
Eze 22:31; Da 9:12; Zec 1:6; Lu 21:22
kindled.
De 32:22; Jer 21:14

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Context

  • Lamentations 4:10

    The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

  • Lamentations 4:11

    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.

  • Lamentations 4:12

    The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

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Lamentations 4:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cumplió Jehová su enojo, derramó el ardor de su ira; y encendió fuego en Sión, que consumió sus fundamentos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’ Éternel a accompli sa fureur, il a versé l’ardeur de sa colère et a allumé dans Sion un feu qui en a dévoré les fondements.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova hat seinen Grimm vollendet, seine Zornglut ausgegossen; und er hat in Zion ein Feuer angezündet, das seine Grundfesten verzehrt hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Complevit Dominus furorem suum, effudit iram indignationis suæ: et succendit ignem in Sion, et devoravit fundamenta ejus.