Lamentations 2:5
The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.This verse in the real world
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- תַּאֲנִיָּהtaʼănîyâhlamentation
- אַרְמוֹןʼarmôwna citadel (from its height)
- מִבְצָרmibtsâra fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
- בָּלַעbâlaʻto make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- רָבָהrâbâhto increase (in whatever respect)
- אֹיֵבʼôyêbhating; an adversary
- אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônâythe Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lam 2:2, 2Ki 25:9, Jer 30:14, Lam 2:4, Jer 52:13, Jer 9:17–20, 2Ch 36:16–17, Jer 15:1