Lamentations 2:20
“Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Lamentations 2:20 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Sieh, Jehova, und schaue, wem du also getan hast! Sollen Weiber ihre Leibesfrucht essen, die Kindlein, welche sie auf den Händen tragen? Sollen im Heiligtum des Herrn ermordet werden Priester und Prophet?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Mira, oh Jehová, y considera á quién has hecho así. ¿Han de comer las mujeres su fruto, los pequeñitos de sus crías? ¿Han de ser muertos en el santuario del Señor el sacerdote y el profeta?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Olha, SENHOR, e considera a quem fizeste de tal modo; por acaso as mulheres comerão do seu próprio fruto, as criancinhas que carregam nos braços? Por acaso serão o sacerdote e o profeta mortos no santuário do Senhor?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Vê, Yahweh, e lembra-Te daqueles a quem tens tratado severamente. Poderão as mulheres comer o fruto de seus ventres, as crianças que elas cuidaram? Poderão o sacerdote e o profeta ser abatidos no santuário do Senhor?
📖 Lamentations 2:20 in Context
18Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
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