Lamentations 2:3
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He 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against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
In other translations
He 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against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
Hebrew words
גָּדַעgada'he has cut offH1438בָּחֳרִיbochori-in [the] heat ofH2750אַף'afangerH639כֹּלkoleveryH3605קֶרֶןkeren<the> horn ofH7161יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478הֵשִׁיבheshivhe has turned backH7725אָחוֹר'achorbackwardH268יְמִינוֹyeminoright [hand] hisH3225מִפְּנֵיmipeneifrom beforeH6440אוֹיֵב'oyev[the] enemyH341וַיִּבְעַרvaiyiv'arand he has burnedH1197בְּיַעֲקֹבbeya'ako<in> JacobH3290כְּאֵשׁke'eshlike a fire ofH784לֶהָבָהlehavahflameH3852אָכְלָה'akhelah[which] it has consumedH398סָבִיב׃ סsavivall aroundH5439
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 74:11Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
- Psalm 75:5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
- Isaiah 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
- Psalm 75:10All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.“All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but the horns of the righteous will be exalted.”
- Psalm 89:46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
- Psalm 79:5How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
- Jeremiah 48:25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
- Psalm 89:24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
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