Lamentations 2:5

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

BSB

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

WEB

The Lord has become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds; He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

YLT

The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.

F.O.G Original

Adonai, Adonai, has become like an enemy, He has swallowed up Isra’el, He has swallowed up all its fortified palaces, He has destroyed its strongholds, To multiply mourning and moaning in Y’hudah’s daughter.

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

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