Lamentations 2 – Studienbibel

1 How hath the Lord136 covered5743 the daughter1323 of Zion6726 with a cloud5743 in his anger639, and cast down7993 from heaven8064 unto the earth776 the beauty8597 of Israel3478, and remembered2142 not his footstool1916 7272 in the day3117 of his anger639! 2 The Lord136 hath swallowed up1104 all the habitations4999 of Jacob3290, and hath not pitied2550: he hath thrown down2040 in his wrath5678 the strong holds4013 of the daughter1323 of Judah3063; he hath brought them down5060 to the ground776: he hath polluted2490 the kingdom4467 and the princes8269 thereof.¹ 3 He hath cut off1438 in his fierce2750 anger639 all the horn7161 of Israel3478: he hath drawn7725 back268 his right hand3225 from before6440 the enemy341, and he burned1197 against Jacob3290 like a flaming3852 fire784, which devoureth398 round about5439. 4 He hath bent1869 his bow7198 like an enemy341: he stood5324 with his right hand3225 as an adversary6862, and slew2026 all that were pleasant4261 to the eye5869 in the tabernacle168 of the daughter1323 of Zion6726: he poured out8210 his fury2534 like fire784.² 5 The Lord136 was as an enemy341: he hath swallowed up1104 Israel3478, he hath swallowed up1104 all her palaces759: he hath destroyed7843 his strong holds4013, and hath increased7235 in the daughter1323 of Judah3063 mourning8386 and lamentation592. 6 And he hath violently taken away2554 his tabernacle7900, as if it were of a garden1588: he hath destroyed7843 his places of the assembly4150: the LORD3068 hath caused the solemn feasts4150 and sabbaths7676 to be forgotten7911 in Zion6726, and hath despised5006 in the indignation2195 of his anger639 the king4428 and the priest3548.³ 7 The Lord136 hath cast off2186 his altar4196, he hath abhorred5010 his sanctuary4720, he hath given up5462 into the hand3027 of the enemy341 the walls2346 of her palaces759; they have made5414 a noise6963 in the house1004 of the LORD3068, as in the day3117 of a solemn feast4150.⁴ 8 The LORD3068 hath purposed2803 to destroy7843 the wall2346 of the daughter1323 of Zion6726: he hath stretched out5186 a line6957, he hath not withdrawn7725 his hand3027 from destroying1104: therefore he made the rampart2426 and the wall2346 to lament56; they languished535 together3162.⁵ 9 Her gates8179 are sunk2883 into the ground776; he hath destroyed6 and broken7665 her bars1280: her king4428 and her princes8269 are among the Gentiles1471: the law8451 is no more; her prophets5030 also find4672 no vision2377 from the LORD3068.

10 The elders2205 of the daughter1323 of Zion6726 sit3427 upon the ground776, and keep silence1826: they have cast up5927 dust6083 upon their heads7218; they have girded2296 themselves with sackcloth8242: the virgins1330 of Jerusalem3389 hang down3381 their heads7218 to the ground776. 11 Mine eyes5869 do fail3615 with tears1832, my bowels4578 are troubled2560, my liver3516 is poured8210 upon the earth776, for the destruction7667 of the daughter1323 of my people5971; because the children5768 and the sucklings3243 swoon5848 in the streets7339 of the city7151.⁶ 12 They say559 to their mothers517, Where is corn1715 and wine3196? when they swooned5848 as the wounded2491 in the streets7339 of the city5892, when their soul5315 was poured out8210 into their mothers'517 bosom2436. 13 What thing shall I take to witness5749 5749 for thee? what thing4100 shall I liken1819 to thee, O daughter1323 of Jerusalem3389? what shall I equal7737 to thee, that I may comfort5162 thee, O virgin1330 daughter1323 of Zion6726? for thy breach7667 is great1419 like the sea3220: who can heal7495 thee? 14 Thy prophets5030 have seen2372 vain7723 and foolish things8602 for thee: and they have not discovered1540 thine iniquity5771, to turn away7725 thy captivity7622 7622; but have seen2372 for thee false7723 burdens4864 and causes of banishment4065. 15 All that pass5674 by clap5606 their hands3709 at thee1870; they hiss8319 and wag5128 their head7218 at the daughter1323 of Jerusalem3389, saying, Is this the city5892 that men call559 The perfection3632 of beauty3308, The joy4885 of the whole earth776?⁷ 16 All thine enemies341 have opened6475 their mouth6310 against thee: they hiss8319 and gnash2786 the teeth8127: they say559, We have swallowed her up1104: certainly389 this is the day3117 that we looked for6960; we have found4672, we have seen7200 it. 17 The LORD3068 hath done6213 that which he had devised2161; he hath fulfilled1214 his word565 that he had commanded6680 in the days3117 of old6924: he hath thrown down2040, and hath not pitied2550: and he hath caused thine enemy341 to rejoice8055 over thee, he hath set up7311 the horn7161 of thine adversaries6862. 18 Their heart3820 cried6817 unto the Lord136, O wall2346 of the daughter1323 of Zion6726, let tears1832 run down3381 like a river5158 day3119 and night3915: give5414 thyself no rest6314; let not the apple1323 of thine eye5869 cease1826. 19 Arise6965, cry out7442 in the night3915: in the beginning7218 of the watches821 pour out8210 thine heart3820 like water4325 before5227 the face6440 of the Lord136: lift up5375 thy hands3709 toward him for the life5315 of thy young children5768, that faint5848 for hunger7458 in the top7218 of every street2351. 20 Behold7200, O LORD3068, and consider5027 to whom thou hast done5953 this3541. Shall the women802 eat398 their fruit6529, and children5768 of a span long2949? shall the priest3548 and the prophet5030 be slain2026 in the sanctuary4720 of the Lord136?⁸ 21 The young5288 and the old2205 lie7901 on the ground776 in the streets2351: my virgins1330 and my young men970 are fallen5307 by the sword2719; thou hast slain2026 them in the day3117 of thine anger639; thou hast killed2873, and not pitied2550. 22 Thou hast called7121 as in a solemn4150 day3117 my terrors4032 round about5439, so that in the day3117 of the LORD'S3068 anger639 none escaped6412 nor remained8300: those that I have swaddled2946 and brought up7235 hath mine enemy341 consumed3615.