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  • Lamentations 2:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    •  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.

  • Lamentations 2:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    •  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.

  • Lamentations 2:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    •  5 Jehovah* has become like an enemy.+ He has swallowed down Israel.+

      He has swallowed down all her dwelling towers;+ he has brought his fortified places to ruin.+

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

  • Lamentations 2:5
    The Bible in Living English
    • 5 The Lord has been like an enemy, has swept Israel off,

      swept off all his palaces, ruined his fortresses,

      and brought into the daughter of Judah much of grievance and grieving,

  • Lamentations 2:5
    American Standard Version
    • 5 The Lord is become as an enemy, he hath swallowed up Israel; He hath swallowed up all her palaces, he hath destroyed his strongholds; And he hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

  • Lamentations 2:5
    King James Version
    • 5 The 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.

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