Lamentations 2:4
“He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Lamentations 2:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Seinen Bogen hat er gespannt wie ein Feind, hat mit seiner Rechten sich hingestellt wie ein Gegner und alle Lust der Augen getötet; in das Zelt der Tochter Zion hat er seinen Grimm ausgegossen wie Feuer.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Entesó su arco como enemigo, afirmó su mano derecha como adversario, y mató toda cosa hermosa á la vista: en la tienda de la hija de Sión derramó como fuego su enojo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Armou seu arco como inimigo, pôs sua mão direita como adversário, e matou todas as coisas agradáveis à vista; derramou sua indignação como fogo na tenda da filha de Sião.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ele tem amarrado Seu arco para nós como um inimigo. Ele firmou a Sua destra como um adversário com mãos prontas para disparar. Ele já abateu todas as pessoas muito preciosas aos Seus olhos. Na tenda da filha de Sião, lançou o Seu furor como fogo.
📖 Lamentations 2:4 in Context
2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
5The 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.
6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
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