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Lamentations 2

Lam. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How hath the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
covered
`uwb (Hebrew #5743)
to be dense or dark, i.e. to becloud
KJV usage: cover with a cloud.
Pronounce: oob
Origin: a primitive root
the daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
of Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
with a cloud
`uwb (Hebrew #5743)
to be dense or dark, i.e. to becloud
KJV usage: cover with a cloud.
Pronounce: oob
Origin: a primitive root
i in his anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
, and cast down
shalak (Hebrew #7993)
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Pronounce: shaw-lak
Origin: a primitive root
from heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
unto the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
the beauty
tiph'arah (Hebrew #8597)
from 6286; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beauty(- iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), hono; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively):--beauty(-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory(-ious), honour, majesty.
Pronounce: tif-aw-raw'
Origin: or tiphereth {tif-eh'-reth}
k of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, and remembered
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
not his footstool
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
hadom (Hebrew #1916)
a foot stool
KJV usage: (foot-)stool.
Pronounce: had-ome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stamp upon
l in the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of his anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
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Joel 2:2• 2a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. (Joel 2:2)
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2 Sam. 1:19• 19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places:{HR}How are the mighty fallen!{HR} (2 Sam. 1:19)
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1 Chron. 28:2• 2And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God, and I have prepared to build. (1 Chron. 28:2)
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Psa. 132:7• 7Let us go to his tabernacles;{HR}Let us bow down at his footstool. (Psa. 132:7)

More on:

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Cloud,
Daughter,
Day,
Earth,
Footstool,
Heaven,
Israel,
Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-19:  Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem.
20-22:  He complains thereof to God.
How.
Lam. 1:1• 1How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people!{HR}She that was great among the nations is become as a widow;{HR}The princess among the provinces is become tributary! (Lam. 1:1)
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Lam. 4:1• 1How the gold is become dim! the most fine gold is changed!{HR}The sacred stones are thrown down at the top of every street! (Lam. 4:1)
covered.
Lam. 3:43‑44• 43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
 44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud that our prayer should not pass through. (Lam. 3:43‑44)
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Ezek. 30:18• 18At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. (Ezek. 30:18)
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Ezek. 32:7‑8• 7And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
 8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 32:7‑8)
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Joel 2:2• 2a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. (Joel 2:2)
and cast.
Isa. 14:12‑15• 12How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!
 13And thou saidst in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit. (Isa. 14:12‑15)
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Ezek. 28:14‑16• 14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
 15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
 16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, Ο covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. (Ezek. 28:14‑16)
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Matt. 11:23• 23And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day. (Matt. 11:23)
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Luke 10:15,18• 15And thou, Capernaum, which hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to Hades.
 18And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall out of heaven. (Luke 10:15,18)
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Rev. 12:7‑9• 7And there was war in the heaven: Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon: and the dragon made war and his angels;
 8and he prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in the heaven.
 9And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, that is called the Devil and Satan, that deceiveth the whole habitable world: he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast with him. (Rev. 12:7‑9)
the beauty.
1 Sam. 4:21• 21And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. (1 Sam. 4:21)
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2 Sam. 1:19• 19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places:{HR}How are the mighty fallen!{HR} (2 Sam. 1:19)
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Isa. 64:11• 11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire; and all our pleasant things are laid waste. (Isa. 64:11)
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Ezek. 7:20‑22• 20As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
 21And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
 22My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. (Ezek. 7:20‑22)
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Ezek. 24:21• 21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. (Ezek. 24:21)
his footstool.
1 Chron. 28:2• 2And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God, and I have prepared to build. (1 Chron. 28:2)
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Psa. 99:5• 5Exalt Jehovah our God{HR}And worship at his footstool:{HR}Holy [is] he. (Psa. 99:5)
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Psa. 132:7• 7Let us go to his tabernacles;{HR}Let us bow down at his footstool. (Psa. 132:7)
• {v.1-5} Here we shall find its overthrow spread out in the strongest terms and with great detail. Image is crowded on image to express the completeness of the destruction to which Jehovah had devoted His own chosen people, city, and temple. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How hath the Lord in his anger covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud! He hath cast down from the heavens unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger.

W. Kelly Translation

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How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with the cloud in his anger,{HR}And cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel,{HR}And remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger.