Lamentations 2:2
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
נָגַע
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
חָלַל
he has profaned
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חָלַל
Pierced, wounded, profaned. Chalal. To be fatally pierced through. This is the word used for Jesus being pierced on the cross. He was pierced because of what we did, not because of anything He did.
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חָמַל
he has spared
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חָמַל
Spare, have compassion. Chamal. To feel pity and act on it. As a father has compassion on his children so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
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יְהוּדָה
Judah
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יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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בַּת
the daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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מַמְלָכָה
the kingdom
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מַמְלָכָה
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
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בָּלַע
he has swallowed up
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בָּלַע
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
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מִבְצָר
the fortifications of
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מִבְצָר
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
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הָרַס
he has torn down
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הָרַס
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
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יַעֲקֹב
Jacob
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יַעֲקֹב
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
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נָאָה
the settlements of
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נָאָה
a home; figuratively, a pasture
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