Nebuzaradan burned the Lord’s temple, [318] the king’s house, and all the houses in Jerusalem. He destroyed even the largest houses.
Lamentations 5:18 - Easy To Read Version Mount Zion is a wasteland.\par Foxes run around on Mount Zion.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, The foxes walk upon it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, the jackals prowl over it! American Standard Version (1901) For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it. Common English Bible Mount Zion, now deserted— only jackals walk on it now! Catholic Public Domain Version because of mount Zion, because it was ruined. Foxes have wandered upon it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For mount Sion, because it is destroyed: foxes have walked upon it. |
Nebuzaradan burned the Lord’s temple, [318] the king’s house, and all the houses in Jerusalem. He destroyed even the largest houses.
Tobiah the Ammonite was with Sanballat. Tobiah said, “What do these Jews think they are building? If even a small fox climbed up on it, he would break down their wall of stones!”
They will be killed with swords.\par Wild dogs will eat their dead bodies.\par
Lord, don’t continue to be angry with us!\par Don’t remember our sins forever!\par Please, look at us!\par We are your people.\par
They remember those things\par on the mountains in the open country.\par The people of Judah have many treasures.\par I will give those things to other people.\par People will destroy all the high places {\cf2\super [137]} \par in your country.\par You worshiped at those places.\par And that was a sin.\par
How dare you preach such a thing in the name of the Lord! How dare you say that this temple will be destroyed like the one at Shiloh! How dare you say that Jerusalem will become a desert with no people living in it!” All the people gathered around Jeremiah in the temple of the Lord.
The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says, “You people saw the terrible happenings that I brought on the city of Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. Those towns are empty piles of stones today.
So, I showed my anger against those people. I punished the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. My anger made Jerusalem and the towns of Judah the empty piles of stone they are today.”
Nebuzaradan burned the Lord’s temple. He also burned down the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned down every important building in Jerusalem.
I (Jeremiah) will cry loud for the mountains.\par I will sing a funeral song\par for the empty fields.\par Why? Because the living things\par were taken away.\par No person travels there now.\par The sounds of cattle can’t be heard there.\par The birds have flown away\par and the animals are gone.\par
“I (the Lord) will make the city of Jerusalem\par a pile of garbage.\par It will be a home for jackals. {\cf2\super [75]} \par I will destroy the cities in the land of Judah,\par so no one will live there.”\par
“‘Israel, your prophets will be like foxes running through empty, destroyed buildings.
“Now, Lord, listen to my prayer. I am your servant. Listen to my prayer for help. Do good things for your holy place. {\cf2\super [103]} That building was destroyed. But Master, do these good things for your own good.
\{Leaders,\} because of you,\par Zion {\cf2\super [45]} will be destroyed.\par It will become a plowed field.\par Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks.\par Temple Mount will be an empty hill {\cf2\super [46]} overgrown with bushes.\par