Lamentations 2:4

Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data

"He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire."

Word-by-Word Analysis

He hath

דָּרַךְ

dârak

H1869

to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)

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his

קֶשֶׁת

qesheth

H7198

a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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an

אֹיֵב

ʼôyêb

H341

hating; an adversary

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he

עָמַד

ʻâmad

H5975

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

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with his

יְמָנִי

yᵉmânîy

H3233

right (i.e. at the right hand)

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יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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as an

צַר

tsar

H6862

narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

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and

הָרַג

hârag

H2026

to smite with deadly intent

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all that were

חֶמְדָּה

chemdâh

H2532

delight

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to the

עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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in the

אֹהֶל

ʼôhel

H168

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

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of the

בַּת

bath

H1323

a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

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of

צִיּוֹן

Tsîyôwn

H6726

Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

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he

יָצַק

yâtsaq

H3332

properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard

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out his

חֵמָה

chêmâh

H2534

heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

bent H1869

דָּרַךְ dârak

to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)

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adversary H6862

צַר tsar

narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

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pleasant H2532

חֶמְדָּה chemdâh

delight

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fury H2534

חֵמָה chêmâh

heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)

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poured H3332

יָצַק yâtsaq

properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard

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bow H7198

קֶשֶׁת qesheth

a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris

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enemy H341

אֹיֵב ʼôyêb

hating; an adversary

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eye H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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Zion H6726

צִיּוֹן Tsîyôwn

Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem

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slew H2026

הָרַג hârag

to smite with deadly intent

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Cross References

Jeremiah 7:20 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and ...

Job 6:4 cross-reference

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

Jeremiah 21:5 cross-reference

And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

Ezekiel 24:25 cross-reference

Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their ...

Isaiah 42:25 cross-reference

Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Jeremiah 30:14 cross-reference

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins ...

Nahum 1:6 cross-reference

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Lamentations 4:1 cross-reference

How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

Ezekiel 36:18 cross-reference

Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

Isaiah 63:10 cross-reference

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

2 Chronicles 34:25 cross-reference

Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, a...

Nahum 1:2 cross-reference

God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Ezekiel 6:12 cross-reference

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

Lamentations 3:3 cross-reference

Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

Lamentations 2:5 cross-reference

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.

Ezekiel 5:13 cross-reference

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my f...

Ezekiel 22:22 cross-reference

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.

Jeremiah 21:12 cross-reference

O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench i...

Jeremiah 36:7 cross-reference

It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.

Isaiah 63:6 cross-reference

And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

2 Chronicles 34:21 cross-reference

Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, becaus...

Jeremiah 4:4 cross-reference

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because...

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