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Lamentations Outline

      • Jehovah’s anger against Jerusalem

        • No compassion shown (2)

        • Jehovah like an enemy to her (5)

        • Tears over Zion (11-13)

        • Passersby scorn the once beautiful city (15)

        • Enemies rejoice over Zion’s downfall (17)

Lamentations 2:1

Marginal References

  • +La 2:15
  • +1Ch 28:2; Ps 132:7; Isa 60:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1062

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2007, p. 9

    9/1/1988, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1062; w07 6/1 9; w88 9/1 26;

    ad 733

Lamentations 2:2

Marginal References

  • +De 28:52; Mic 5:11
  • +Eze 21:26, 27
  • +Isa 39:7; 43:28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/1/1988, p. 26

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 187-189

  • Publications Index

    w88 9/1 26;

    kj 188

Lamentations 2:3

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “every horn.”

Marginal References

  • +Ps 74:10, 11
  • +De 32:22; Isa 42:25; Jer 7:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Man’s Salvation, p. 295

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1972, p. 660

    6/1/1952, pp. 347-349

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 187-189

  • Publications Index

    sl 295; w72 660; kj 188; nh 300; w52 348

Lamentations 2:4

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “trodden.”

Marginal References

  • +De 28:63; Isa 63:10; Jer 21:5
  • +2Ki 25:21
  • +Jer 4:4
  • +Jer 10:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1084

    Man’s Salvation, p. 295

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1972, p. 660

    6/1/1952, pp. 347-349

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 187-189

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1084;

    sl 295; w72 660; ad 1588; kj 188; nh 300; w52 348

Lamentations 2:5

Marginal References

  • +Jer 30:14

Lamentations 2:6

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “destroyed.”

Marginal References

  • +2Ki 25:8, 9; 2Ch 36:19; Isa 63:18; 64:11
  • +La 1:4
  • +Jer 52:24, 27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2007, p. 9

    9/1/1988, pp. 26-27

  • Publications Index

    w07 6/1 9; w88 9/1 26-27

Lamentations 2:7

Marginal References

  • +Le 26:31; Jer 26:6; 52:12, 13; Eze 24:21; Mic 3:12
  • +2Ch 36:19
  • +Ps 74:4

Lamentations 2:8

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “from swallowing up.”

Marginal References

  • +2Ki 25:10; Jer 39:8
  • +2Ki 21:13; Isa 28:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Revelation Climax, p. 162

  • Publications Index

    re 162

Lamentations 2:9

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “instruction.”

Marginal References

  • +Ne 1:3; Jer 14:2
  • +De 28:15, 36; 2Ki 24:15; 25:7; La 4:20; Eze 12:13; Da 1:3, 6
  • +Ps 74:9; Jer 23:16; Eze 7:26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Jeremiah, p. 73

  • Publications Index

    jr 73

Lamentations 2:10

Marginal References

  • +Isa 3:26
  • +Jer 6:26; Eze 7:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 169-171

  • Publications Index

    kj 170; bf 321

Lamentations 2:11

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “intestines.”

  • *

    A poetic personification, perhaps expressing pity or sympathy.

Marginal References

  • +La 3:48
  • +Jer 14:17
  • +Jer 11:22; La 2:19; 4:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 258-259

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1967, pp. 381-383

  • Publications Index

    it-2 259;

    w67 382

Lamentations 2:12

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “soul.”

Marginal References

  • +De 28:49, 51; 2Ki 25:3; Isa 3:1; Jer 18:21

Lamentations 2:13

Marginal References

  • +Jer 14:17; Da 9:12
  • +Jer 30:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1158

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1158;

    ad 1638

Lamentations 2:14

Marginal References

  • +Jer 2:8; 27:14; Eze 13:2, 3
  • +Jer 23:14
  • +Jer 23:32; 27:9; Mic 3:5; Zep 3:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/1/1988, p. 26

  • Publications Index

    w88 9/1 26

Lamentations 2:15

Marginal References

  • +Eze 25:2, 6
  • +1Ki 9:8; Jer 25:9
  • +Ps 48:2; Eze 16:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 218

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 602

    Holy Spirit, pp. 165-166

  • Publications Index

    it-1 218; it-2 602;

    hs 165-166; ad 164, 1286

Lamentations 2:16

Marginal References

  • +Jer 51:34
  • +Mic 4:11
  • +Ob 13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 193-194

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2007, p. 9

  • Publications Index

    it-2 193-194; w07 6/1 9

Lamentations 2:17

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “horn.”

Marginal References

  • +Jer 18:11; Mic 2:3
  • +2Ki 23:27
  • +Le 26:14, 17; De 28:15
  • +Eze 5:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 193-194

    Jeremiah, p. 154

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2007, p. 9

  • Publications Index

    it-2 193-194; jr 154; w07 6/1 9

Lamentations 2:18

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “the daughter of your eye.”

Lamentations 2:19

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “souls.”

  • *

    Lit., “at the head of all streets.”

Marginal References

  • +Isa 51:20; La 4:9; Eze 5:16

Lamentations 2:20

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “fruitage.”

Marginal References

  • +Le 26:29; De 28:53; Jer 19:9; La 4:10; Eze 5:10
  • +Eze 9:6, 7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2007, p. 9

    8/1/1989, p. 29

    9/1/1988, p. 27

    5/15/1965, pp. 311-313

    11/15/1964, pp. 700-702

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 169-171

  • Publications Index

    w07 6/1 9; w89 8/1 29; w88 9/1 27;

    kj 170; w65 312; w64 701; bf 157, 260

Lamentations 2:21

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “young women.”

Marginal References

  • +De 28:49, 50; 2Ch 36:17
  • +Jer 9:21; 18:21
  • +Jer 13:14; 21:7; La 3:43; Eze 5:11; 9:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 169-171

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1965, pp. 311-313

  • Publications Index

    kj 170; w65 312; bf 260

Lamentations 2:22

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “brought forth healthy.”

Marginal References

  • +De 16:16
  • +Zep 1:18
  • +De 28:18

Parallel Translations

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General

Lam. 2:1La 2:15
Lam. 2:11Ch 28:2; Ps 132:7; Isa 60:13
Lam. 2:2De 28:52; Mic 5:11
Lam. 2:2Eze 21:26, 27
Lam. 2:2Isa 39:7; 43:28
Lam. 2:3Ps 74:10, 11
Lam. 2:3De 32:22; Isa 42:25; Jer 7:20
Lam. 2:4De 28:63; Isa 63:10; Jer 21:5
Lam. 2:42Ki 25:21
Lam. 2:4Jer 4:4
Lam. 2:4Jer 10:20
Lam. 2:5Jer 30:14
Lam. 2:62Ki 25:8, 9; 2Ch 36:19; Isa 63:18; 64:11
Lam. 2:6La 1:4
Lam. 2:6Jer 52:24, 27
Lam. 2:7Le 26:31; Jer 26:6; 52:12, 13; Eze 24:21; Mic 3:12
Lam. 2:72Ch 36:19
Lam. 2:7Ps 74:4
Lam. 2:82Ki 25:10; Jer 39:8
Lam. 2:82Ki 21:13; Isa 28:17
Lam. 2:9Ne 1:3; Jer 14:2
Lam. 2:9De 28:15, 36; 2Ki 24:15; 25:7; La 4:20; Eze 12:13; Da 1:3, 6
Lam. 2:9Ps 74:9; Jer 23:16; Eze 7:26
Lam. 2:10Isa 3:26
Lam. 2:10Jer 6:26; Eze 7:18
Lam. 2:11La 3:48
Lam. 2:11Jer 14:17
Lam. 2:11Jer 11:22; La 2:19; 4:4
Lam. 2:12De 28:49, 51; 2Ki 25:3; Isa 3:1; Jer 18:21
Lam. 2:13Jer 14:17; Da 9:12
Lam. 2:13Jer 30:12
Lam. 2:14Jer 2:8; 27:14; Eze 13:2, 3
Lam. 2:14Jer 23:14
Lam. 2:14Jer 23:32; 27:9; Mic 3:5; Zep 3:4
Lam. 2:15Eze 25:2, 6
Lam. 2:151Ki 9:8; Jer 25:9
Lam. 2:15Ps 48:2; Eze 16:14
Lam. 2:16Jer 51:34
Lam. 2:16Mic 4:11
Lam. 2:16Ob 13
Lam. 2:17Jer 18:11; Mic 2:3
Lam. 2:172Ki 23:27
Lam. 2:17Le 26:14, 17; De 28:15
Lam. 2:17Eze 5:11
Lam. 2:19Isa 51:20; La 4:9; Eze 5:16
Lam. 2:20Le 26:29; De 28:53; Jer 19:9; La 4:10; Eze 5:10
Lam. 2:20Eze 9:6, 7
Lam. 2:21De 28:49, 50; 2Ch 36:17
Lam. 2:21Jer 9:21; 18:21
Lam. 2:21Jer 13:14; 21:7; La 3:43; Eze 5:11; 9:6
Lam. 2:22De 16:16
Lam. 2:22Zep 1:18
Lam. 2:22De 28:18
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
Lamentations 2:1-22

Lamentations

א [Aleph]

2 How Jehovah has covered the daughter of Zion in the cloud of his anger!

He has thrown down the beauty of Israel from heaven to earth.+

He has not remembered his footstool+ in the day of his anger.

ב [Beth]

 2 Jehovah has swallowed up without compassion all the dwellings of Jacob.

In his fury he has torn down the fortified places of the daughter of Judah.+

He has brought down to the ground and profaned the kingdom+ and her princes.+

ג [Gimel]

 3 In the heat of anger he has cut down all the strength* of Israel.

He withdrew his right hand when the enemy approached,+

And in Jacob he kept burning like a fire that consumed everything around it.+

ד [Daleth]

 4 He has bent* his bow like an enemy; his right hand is poised as an adversary;+

He kept killing all those desirable to the eyes.+

And he poured out his wrath like a fire+ into the tent of the daughter of Zion.+

ה [He]

 5 Jehovah has become like an enemy;+

He has swallowed down Israel.

He has swallowed down all her towers;

He has destroyed all its fortified places.

And in the daughter of Judah he makes mourning and lamentation abound.

ו [Waw]

 6 He treats his booth violently,+ like a hut in a garden.

He has put an end to* his festival.+

Jehovah has caused festival and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion,

And in his fierce indignation he shows no regard for king and priest.+

ז [Zayin]

 7 Jehovah has rejected his altar;

He has spurned his sanctuary.+

He has surrendered the walls of her fortified towers into the hand of the enemy.+

They have raised their voice in the house of Jehovah,+ as on the day of a festival.

ח [Heth]

 8 Jehovah has resolved to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion.+

He has stretched out the measuring line.+

He has not held back his hand from bringing destruction.*

And he causes rampart and wall to mourn.

Together they have been made weak.

ט [Teth]

 9 Her gates have sunk down into the earth.+

He has destroyed and broken her bars.

Her king and her princes are among the nations.+

There is no law;* even her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.+

י [Yod]

10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence.+

They throw dust on their heads and wear sackcloth.+

The virgins of Jerusalem have bowed their heads down to the ground.

כ [Kaph]

11 My eyes are worn out from shedding tears.+

My insides* are churning.

My liver has been poured out on the ground, because of the downfall of the daughter of* my people,+

Because of the children and infants fainting away in the public squares of the town.+

ל [Lamed]

12 They keep asking their mothers, “Where are grain and wine?”+

As they faint away like someone wounded in the public squares of the city,

As their life* ebbs away in their mothers’ arms.

מ [Mem]

13 What can I use as a witness,

Or to what can I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem?

To what can I compare you, to comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion?

For your breakdown is as vast as the sea.+ Who can heal you?+

נ [Nun]

14 The visions your prophets saw for you were false and empty,+

And they did not expose your error in order to turn away your captivity,+

But they kept visioning for you false and misleading pronouncements.+

ס [Samekh]

15 At you all those passing by on the road scornfully clap their hands.+

They whistle in amazement+ and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying:

“Is this the city about which they said, ‘It is perfect in beauty, the joy of all the earth’?”+

פ [Pe]

16 At you all your enemies have opened their mouth.

They whistle and grind their teeth and say: “We have swallowed her down.+

This is the day we were waiting for!+ It has arrived, and we have seen it!”+

ע [Ayin]

17 Jehovah has done what he intended;+ he has carried out his saying,+

What he commanded long ago.+

He has torn down without compassion.+

He has let the enemy rejoice over you; he has exalted the strength* of your adversaries.

צ [Tsade]

18 Their heart cries out to Jehovah, O wall of the daughter of Zion.

Let tears stream down like a torrent day and night.

Give yourself no respite, give your eye* no rest.

ק [Qoph]

19 Rise up! Cry out during the night, at the start of the watches.

Pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah.

Raise your hands to him for the lives* of your children,

Who are fainting away at every street corner* because of famine.+

ר [Resh]

20 See, O Jehovah, and look upon the one with whom you have dealt so harshly.

Should women keep eating their own offspring,* their own fully formed children,+

Or should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of Jehovah?+

ש [Shin]

21 Young boy and old man are lying dead on the ground in the streets.+

My virgins* and my young men have fallen by the sword.+

You have killed in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered without compassion.+

ת [Taw]

22 As if for a festival day,+ you summon terrors from every direction.

In the day of the wrath of Jehovah, no one escaped or survived;+

Those whom I gave birth to* and reared, my enemy exterminated.+

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