Lamentations 2:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ He has bent his bow like an enemy, with his right hand set like a foe; he has killed all those in whom we took pride in the tent of daughter Zion; he has poured out his fury like fire.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ He hath bent his bow like an enemy: He stood with his right hand as an adversary, And slew all that were pleasant to the eye In the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: He poured out his fury like fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has stood with His right hand set like a foe and has slain all the delights and pride of the eye; on and in the tent of the Daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ He hath bent his bow like an enemy, he hath stood with his right hand as an adversary, And hath slain all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he hath poured out his wrath like fire.

Common English Bible

⁴ He bent his bow as an enemy would; his strong hand was poised like an adversary. He killed every precious thing in sight; he poured out his wrath like fire on Daughter Zion’s tent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ DALETH. He has bent his bow like an enemy. He has fixed his right hand like an adversary. And he has cut down all that was beautiful to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion. He has poured out his indignation like fire.

Lamentations 2:4 Cross References

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore thus says the Lord God: My anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place, on humans and animals, on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.

Ezekiel 24:25

And you, mortal, on the day when I take from them their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their heart’s affection, and also their sons and their daughters,

Jeremiah 21:5

I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, in fury, and in great wrath.

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured upon him the heat of his anger and the fury of war; it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand; it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you, for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your guilt is great, because your sins are so numerous.

Job 6:4

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.

Nahum 1:2

A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and prolongs it against his enemies.

Ezekiel 36:18

So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land and for the idols with which they had defiled it.

Ezekiel 22:22

As silver is melted in a smelter, so you shall be melted in it, and you shall know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath upon you.

Ezekiel 6:12

Those far off shall die of pestilence, those nearby shall fall by the sword, and any who are left and are spared shall die of famine. Thus I will spend my fury upon them.

Ezekiel 5:13

“My anger shall spend itself, and I will vent my fury on them and satisfy myself, and they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy when I spend my fury on them.

Lamentations 4:1

How the gold has grown dim; how the pure gold is changed! The sacred stones lie scattered at the head of every street.

Lamentations 3:3

against me alone he turns his hand, again and again, all day long.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy; he has destroyed Israel. He has destroyed all its palaces, laid in ruins its strongholds, and multiplied in daughter Judah mourning and lamentation.

Jeremiah 36:7

It may be that their plea will come before the Lord and that all of them will turn from their evil ways, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed, or else my wrath will go forth like fire and burn, with no one to quench it, because of their evil doings.

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord; remove the foreskin of your hearts, O people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or else my wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Isaiah 63:10

But they rebelled and grieved his holy spirit; therefore he became their enemy; he himself fought against them.

Isaiah 63:6

I trampled down peoples in my anger; I crushed them in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

2 Chronicles 34:25

Because they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, so that they have provoked me to anger with all the works of their hands, my wrath will be poured out on this place and will not be quenched.’

2 Chronicles 34:21

“Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found, for the wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us is great, because our ancestors did not keep the word of the Lord, to act in accordance with all that is written in this book.”

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to kill those who walk uprightly;

Jeremiah 10:20

My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are no more; there is no one to spread my tent again and to set up my curtains.

Ezekiel 20:34

I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out,

Leviticus 26:17

I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down by your enemies; your foes shall rule over you, and you shall flee though no one pursues you.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled by my anger and burns to the depths of Sheol; it devours the earth and its increase and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

1 Samuel 28:16

Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the Lord has turned from you and become your enemy?

Job 19:11

He has kindled his wrath against me and counts me as his adversary.

Psalm 7:13

he has prepared his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.

Jeremiah 42:18

“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Just as my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You shall become an object of execration and horror, of cursing and ridicule. You shall see this place no more.

Lamentations 1:13

From on high he sent fire; it went deep into my bones; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all day long.

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord gave full vent to his wrath; he poured out his hot anger and kindled a fire in Zion that consumed its foundations.

Ezekiel 7:14

They have blown the horn and made everything ready, but no one goes to battle, for my wrath is upon all their multitude.

Ezekiel 13:13

Therefore thus says the Lord God: In my wrath I will make a stormy wind break out, and in my anger there shall be a deluge of rain and hailstones in wrath to destroy it.