Lamentations 2:2 - Easy To Read Version

² The Lord destroyed the houses of Jacob. {\cf2\super [9]} \par He destroyed them without mercy.\par He destroyed in his anger\par the fortresses of the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [10]} \par The Lord threw the kingdom of Judah\par and its rulers to the ground.\par He ruined the kingdom of Judah.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² The Lord hath swallowed up All the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath The strong holds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground: He hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The Lord has swallowed up all the country places and habitations of Jacob and has spared not nor pitied; He has demolished in His wrath the strongholds of the Daughter of Judah. He has cast down to the ground the kingdom and its rulers, polluting them and depriving them of their sanctity.

American Standard Version (1901)

² The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

Common English Bible

² Showing no compassion, my Lord devoured each of Jacob’s meadows; in his wrath he tore down the walled cities of Daughter Judah. The kingdom and its officials, he forced to the ground, shamed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² BETH. The Lord has cast down, and he has not been lenient, with all the beauties of Jacob. In his fury, he has destroyed the fortifications of the virgin of Judah, and he has thrown them down to the ground. He has polluted the kingdom and its leaders.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong and hath not spared all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strongholds of the virgin of Juda and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof.

Lamentations 2:2 Tagairtí Cros

Job 2:3

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you seen my servant Job? There is no person on earth like Job. Job is a good and faithful man. He worships God and refuses to do evil things. He still is faithful, even though you asked me to let you destroy everything he has for no reason.”

Psalm 21:9

Lord, when you are with the king,\par he is like a hot oven \{that burns up everything in it\}.\par His anger burns like a hot fire,\par and he destroys his enemies.\par

Psalm 74:7

Those soldiers burned your Holy Place.\par That temple was built to honor your name.\par But they pulled it down to the ground.\par

Isaiah 22:5

The Lord has chosen a special day. On that day there will be riots and confusion. People will trample (walk on) each other in the Valley of Vision. {\cf2\super [214]} The city walls will be pulled down. The people in the valley will be shouting at the people in the city on the mountain.

Isaiah 23:9

It was the Lord All-Powerful.\par He decided to make them not important.\par

Isaiah 25:12

The Lord will destroy the people’s\par high walls and safe places.\par The Lord will throw them down\par into the dust on the ground.\par

Isaiah 26:5

But the Lord will destroy the proud city.\par And he will punish the people living there.\par The Lord will throw that high city down to the ground.\par It will fall into the dust.\par

Isaiah 27:11

The vines will become dry. And the branches will break off. Women will use those branches for firewood.

Isaiah 43:28

I will make your holy rulers not holy. I will cause Jacob to be completely mine. {\cf2\super [390]} Bad things will happen to Israel.”

Isaiah 47:6

“I was angry at my people.\par Those people belong to me,\par but I was angry,\par so I made them not important.\par I gave them to you,\par and you punished them.\par But you showed no mercy to them.\par You made even the old people\par work hard.\par

Jeremiah 13:14

I will make the people of Judah stumble and fall into one another. Fathers and sons will fall into one another.’” This message is from the Lord. “‘I will not feel sorry or have pity for them. I will not allow compassion to stop me from destroying the people of Judah.’”

Jeremiah 19:15

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel says: ‘I said I would bring many disasters to Jerusalem and the villages around it. I will soon make those things happen. Why? Because the people are very stubborn—they refused to listen and obey me.’”

Jeremiah 21:7

After that happens,’” this message is from the Lord, “‘I will give Zedekiah king of Judah to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I will also give Zedekiah’s officials to Nebuchadnezzar. Some of the people in Jerusalem will not die from the terrible sicknesses. Some of the people will not be killed with swords. Some of them will not die from hunger. But I will give those people to Nebuchadnezzar. I will let Judah’s enemy win. Nebuchadnezzar’s army wants to kill the people of Judah. So the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be killed with swords. Nebuchadnezzar will not show any mercy. He will not feel sorry for those people.’

Jeremiah 5:10

“Go along the rows of Judah’s grapevines.\par Cut down the vines.\par (But don’t completely destroy them.)\par Cut off all their branches.\par Why? Because they don’t belong to the Lord.\par

Lamentations 2:17

The Lord did what he planned to do.\par He has done what he said he would do.\par He has done what he commanded\par from times of long ago.\par He destroyed, and he had no pity.\par He made your enemies happy\par because of what happened to you.\par He made your enemies strong.\par

Lamentations 2:21

Young men and old men\par lie on the ground in the streets\par of the city.\par My young women and young men\par have been killed by the sword.\par You, Lord, killed them on the day\par of your anger!\par You killed them without mercy!\par

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy.\par He has swallowed up Israel.\par He has swallowed up all her palaces.\par He has swallowed up all her fortresses.\par He has made much sadness\par and crying for the dead\par in the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [12]} \par

Lamentations 3:43

You wrapped yourself with anger.\par You chased us.\par You killed us without mercy!\par

Ezekiel 5:11

The Lord my Master says, “\{Jerusalem,\} I promise by my life \{that I will punish you\}! I promise that I will punish you! Why? Because you did terrible things to my Holy Place. You did horrible things that made it dirty! I will punish you! I won’t show any mercy. I will not feel sorry for you!

Ezekiel 7:4

I won’t show you any mercy.\par I won’t feel sorry for you.\par I am punishing you for the bad things\par you did.\par You have done such terrible things.\par Now, you will know that I am the Lord.”\par

Ezekiel 7:9

I won’t show you any mercy. I won’t feel sorry for you. I am punishing you for the bad things you did. You have done such terrible things. Now, you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 9:10

And I won’t show any mercy. I won’t feel sorry for these people. They brought it on themselves—I am only giving these people the punishment they deserve!”

Micah 5:14

I will destroy the Asherah poles. {\cf2\super [70]} \par And I will destroy your false gods. {\cf2\super [71]} \par

Malachi 1:4

Maybe the people of Edom will say, “We were destroyed. But we will go back and build our cities again.”

Matthew 18:33

So you should have given the same mercy to that other man that is a servant with you. You should have given him the same mercy that I gave you.’

2 Corinthians 10:4

We fight with weapons that are different from the weapons the world uses. Our weapons have power from God. These weapons can destroy \{the enemy’s\} strong places. We destroy \{people’s\} arguments.

Deuteronomy 28:52

“That nation will surround and attack your cities. You think that the tall, strong walls around your cities will protect you. But those walls will fall down. The enemy will surround all your cities everywhere in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will burn like a fire, burning down to the deepest grave, [214] burning the earth and all it produces, burning deep down below the mountains!