Lamentations · אֵיכָה

Lamentations 2:5

הָיָ֤ה אֲדֹנָי֙ כְּאוֹיֵ֔ב בִּלַּ֥ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּלַּ֣ע כָּל אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ שִׁחֵ֣ת מִבְצָרָ֔יו וַיֶּ֙רֶב֙ בְּבַת יְהוּדָ֔ה תַּאֲנִיָּ֖ה וַאֲנִיָּֽה׃
hayah ʾadonay kʾvoyeb bilaʿ yishraʾel bilaʿ kal ʾarmnvoteyha shiḥet mibṣarayv vayereb bbat yhvdah taʾaniyah vaʾaniyah
King James Version (KJV)

The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Modern English

The Lord has become like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel; he has swallowed up all its palaces; he has laid in ruins its strongholds, and multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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