Lamentations 2:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ He has cut down in fierce anger all the might of Israel; he has withdrawn from them his right hand in the face of the enemy; he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob, consuming all around.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ He has broken off in His fierce anger every horn (means of defense) of Israel. He has drawn back His right hand from before the enemy. And He has burned amidst Jacob like a flaming fire consuming all around.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

Common English Bible

³ In his burning rage, he cut off each of Israel’s horns; right in front of the enemy, he withdrew his strong hand; he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire that ate up everything nearby.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ GHIMEL. In the anger of his fury, he has broken the entire horn of Israel. He has drawn back his right hand before the face of the enemy. And he has kindled within Jacob a flaming fire, devouring all around.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Ghimel. He hath broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath kindled in Jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round about.

Lamentations 2:3 Cross References

2 Chronicles 34:25

Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore my wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.

Job 16:15

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust.

Psalm 132:17

There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

Psalm 74:11

Why dost thou hold back thy hand, why dost thou keep thy right hand in thy bosom?

Psalm 75:10

All the horns of the wicked he will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Psalm 75:5

do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with insolent neck.”

Psalm 79:5

How long, O Lord? Wilt thou be angry for ever? Will thy jealous wrath burn like fire?

Psalm 89:24

My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalm 89:46

How long, O Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long will thy wrath burn like fire?

Isaiah 1:31

And the strong shall become tow, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured upon him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire round about, but he did not understand; it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

Jeremiah 21:14

I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the Lord; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.”

Jeremiah 4:4

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, remove the foreskin of your hearts, O men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.”

Jeremiah 48:25

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:20

Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, my anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, upon man and beast, upon the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.”

Lamentations 1:13

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

Lamentations 4:11

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

Ezekiel 13:13

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

Ezekiel 7:14

“They have blown the trumpet and made all ready; but none goes to battle, for my wrath is upon all their multitude.

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 the rocks are broken asunder by him.

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day comes, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Luke 1:69

and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

Luke 3:17

His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Deuteronomy 32:22

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