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Lamentations 2

Lam. 2:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and consider
nabat (Hebrew #5027)
to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
KJV usage: (cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.
Pronounce: naw-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
to whom thou hast done
`alal (Hebrew #5953)
to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)
KJV usage: abuse, affect, X child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully).
Pronounce: aw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
this
koh (Hebrew #3541)
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
KJV usage: also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.
Pronounce: ko
Origin: from the prefix k and 1931
. Shall the women
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
their fruit
priy (Hebrew #6529)
fruit (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward.
Pronounce: per-ee'
Origin: from 6509
r, and children
`owlel (Hebrew #5768)
from 5763; a suckling
KJV usage: babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
Pronounce: o-lale'
Origin: or lolal {o-lawl'}
δof a span long
tippuch (Hebrew #2949)
nursing
KJV usage: span long.
Pronounce: tip-pookh'
Origin: from 2946
? shall the priest
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
and the prophet
nabiy' (Hebrew #5030)
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Pronounce: naw-bee'
Origin: from 5012
be slain
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
in the sanctuary
miqdash (Hebrew #4720)
from 6942; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
KJV usage: chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
Pronounce: mik-dawsh'
Origin: or miqqdash (Exod. 15:17) {mik-ked-awsh'}
of 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
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Deut. 28:63• 63{i}And it shall come to pass, that as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whereunto thou goest to possess it.{/i} (Deut. 28:63)
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Jer. 19:9• 9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. (Jer. 19:9)
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or, swaddled with their hands.

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Priest; Priesthood,
Prophet,
Sanctuary,
Span,
Woman

Cross References

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Ex. 32:11• 11And Moses besought Jehovah his God and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? (Ex. 32:11)
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Deut. 9:26• 26{i}I prayed therefore to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a powerful hand.{/i} (Deut. 9:26)
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Isa. 63:16‑19• 16For thou [art] our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Jehovah, [art] our father; our Redeemer, from everlasting [is] thy name.
 17O Jehovah, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways—hast thou hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
 18The people of thy holiness have possessed [it] but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
 19We have become of old [like those] thou never ruledst, those not called by thy name. (Isa. 63:16‑19)
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Isa. 64:8‑12• 8But, now O Jehovah, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.
 9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity forever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we [are] all thy people.
 10Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
 11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire; and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
 12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these [things], O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore. (Isa. 64:8‑12)
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Jer. 14:20‑21• 20We acknowledge, Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
 21Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. (Jer. 14:20‑21)
Shall the women.
Lam. 4:10• 10The hands of pitiful women boiled their children;{HR}They became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. (Lam. 4:10)
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Lev. 26:29• 29And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. (Lev. 26:29)
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Deut. 28:53‑57• 53{i}And in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee, thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee.{/i}
 54{i}The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left;{/i}
 55{i}so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth, because he hath nothing left him in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.{/i}
 56{i}The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter,{/i}
 57{i}because of her afterbirth which hath come out between her feet, and her children whom she shall bear; for she shall secretly eat them for want of everything in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.{/i} (Deut. 28:53‑57)
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2 Kings 6:28‑29• 28{i}And the king said to her, What aileth thee?{/i} And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
 29So we boiled my son and did eat him; and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son that we may eat him, and she hath hid her son. (2 Kings 6:28‑29)
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Jer. 19:9• 9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. (Jer. 19:9)
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Ezek. 5:10• 10Therefore the fathers shall eat their sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers: and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. (Ezek. 5:10)
of a span long.
or, swaddled with their hands.
shall thepriest.
Lam. 1:19• 19I called for my lovers, but they deceived me:{HR}My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city,{HR}While they sought their meat to relieve their souls. (Lam. 1:19)
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Lam. 4:13,16• 13Because of the sins of her prophets,{HR}The iniquities of her priests that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
 16The face of Jehovah hath divided them, he will no more regard them:{HR}They respected not the faces of the priests, they spared not the elders. (Lam. 4:13,16)
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Psa. 78:64• 64Their priests fell by the sword,{HR}And their widows wept not. (Psa. 78:64)
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Isa. 9:14‑17• 14And Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
 15The elder and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
 16For the leaders of this people mislead [them]; and [they that are] led by them are swallowed up.
 17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on the fatherless and widows. For everyone [is] a hypocrite and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still. (Isa. 9:14‑17)
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Jer. 5:31• 31{i}the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?{/i} (Jer. 5:31)
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Jer. 14:15‑18• 15Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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.
 16And 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.
 17{i}And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.{/i}
 18{i}If I go forth into the field, behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold them that pine away with famine! For both prophet and priest shall go about into a land that they know not.{/i} (Jer. 14:15‑18)
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Jer. 23:11‑15• 11{i}For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.{/i}
 12{i}Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.{/i}
 13{i}And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.{/i}
 14{i}And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.{/i}
 15{i}Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.{/i} (Jer. 23:11‑15)
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Ezek. 9:5‑6• 5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;
 6slay utterly old and young, both maids and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. (Ezek. 9:5‑6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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See, Jehovah, and consider to whom thou hast done this! Shall the women eat their fruit, the infants that they nursed? Shall priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold, O Jehovah, and consider to whom thou hast done this.{HR}Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long?{HR}Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?