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God's Anger over Israel

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Lam 2:1 - How^H349 hath^H5743^➔ the Lord^H136 covered^➔^H5743^➔ the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726 with a cloud^➔^H5743 in his anger,^H639 and cast down^H7993 from heaven^H8064 unto the earth^H776 the beauty^H8597 of Israel,^H3478 and^H3808^➔ remembered^H2142 not^➔^H3808 his footstool^H1916^H7272 in the day^H3117 of his anger!^H639

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Lam 2:2 - The Lord^H136 hath swallowed up^H1104 all^H3605 the habitations^H4999 of Jacob,^H3290 and^H3808^➔ hath^H2550^➔ not^➔^H3808 pitied:^➔^H2550 he hath thrown down^H2040 in his wrath^H5678 the strong holds^H4013 of the daughter^H1323 of Judah;^H3063 he hath brought them down^H5060 to the ground:^H776 he hath polluted^H2490 the kingdom^H4467 and the princes thereof.^H8269

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Lam 2:3 - He hath cut off^H1438 in his fierce^H2750 anger^H639 all^H3605 the horn^H7161 of Israel:^H3478 he hath drawn^H7725 back^H268 his right hand^H3225 from before^H6440 the enemy,^H341 and he burned^H1197 against Jacob^H3290 like a^H784^➔ flaming^H3852 fire,^➔^H784 which devoureth^H398 round about.^H5439

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Lam 2:4 - He hath bent^H1869 his bow^H7198 like an enemy:^H341 he stood^H5324 with his right hand^H3225 as an adversary,^H6862 and slew^H2026 all^H3605 that were pleasant^H4261 to the eye^H5869 in the tabernacle^H168 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion:^H6726 he poured out^H8210 his fury^H2534 like fire.^H784

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Lam 2:5 - The Lord^H136 was^H1961 as an enemy:^H341 he hath swallowed up^H1104 Israel,^H3478 he hath swallowed up^H1104 all^H3605 her palaces:^H759 he hath destroyed^H7843 his strong holds,^H4013 and hath increased^H7235 in the daughter^H1323 of Judah^H3063 mourning^H8386 and lamentation.^H592

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Lam 2:6 - And he hath violently taken away^H2554 his tabernacle,^H7900 as if it were of a garden:^H1588 he hath destroyed^H7843 his places of the assembly:^H4150 the LORD^H3068 hath caused^H7911^➔ the solemn feasts^H4150 and sabbaths^H7676 to be forgotten^➔^H7911 in Zion,^H6726 and hath despised^H5006 in the indignation^H2195 of his anger^H639 the king^H4428 and the priest.^H3548

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Lam 2:7 - The Lord^H136 hath cast off^H2186 his altar,^H4196 he hath abhorred^H5010 his sanctuary,^H4720 he hath given up^H5462 into the hand^H3027 of the enemy^H341 the walls^H2346 of her palaces;^H759 they have made^H5414 a noise^H6963 in the house^H1004 of the LORD,^H3068 as in the day^H3117 of a solemn feast.^H4150

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Lam 2:8 - The LORD^H3068 hath purposed^H2803 to destroy^H7843 the wall^H2346 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion:^H6726 he hath stretched out^H5186 a line,^H6957 he hath^H7725^➔ not^H3808 withdrawn^➔^H7725 his hand^H3027 from destroying:^H1104 therefore he made^H56^➔ the rampart^H2426 and the wall^H2346 to lament;^➔^H56 they languished^H535 together.^H3162

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Lam 2:9 - Her gates^H8179 are sunk^H2883 into the ground;^H776 he hath destroyed^H6 and broken^H7665 her bars:^H1280 her king^H4428 and her princes^H8269 are among the Gentiles:^H1471 the law^H8451 is no^H369 more; her prophets^H5030 also^H1571 find^H4672 no^H3808 vision^H2377 from the LORD.^H3068

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Lam 2:10 - The elders^H2205 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726 sit^H3427 upon the ground,^H776 and keep silence:^H1826 they have cast up^H5927 dust^H6083 upon^H5921 their heads;^H7218 they have girded themselves^H2296 with sackcloth:^H8242 the virgins^H1330 of Jerusalem^H3389 hang down^H3381 their heads^H7218 to the ground.^H776

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Lam 2:11 - Mine eyes^H5869 do fail^H3615 with tears,^H1832 my bowels^H4578 are troubled,^H2560 my liver^H3516 is poured^H8210 upon the earth,^H776 for^H5921 the destruction^H7667 of the daughter^H1323 of my people;^H5971 because^H5848^➔ the children^H5768 and the sucklings^H3243 swoon^➔^H5848 in the streets^H7339 of the city.^H7151

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Lam 2:12 - They say^H559 to their mothers,^H517 Where^H346 is corn^H1715 and wine?^H3196 when they swooned^H5848 as the wounded^H2491 in the streets^H7339 of the city,^H5892 when^H8210^➔ their soul^H5315 was poured out^➔^H8210 into^H413 their mothers'^H517 bosom.^H2436

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Lam 2:13 - What thing^H4100 shall I take to witness for thee?^H5749 what thing^H4100 shall I liken^H1819 to thee, O daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem?^H3389 what^H4100 shall I equal^H7737 to thee, that I may comfort thee,^H5162 O virgin^H1330 daughter^H1323 of Zion?^H6726 for^H3588 thy breach^H7667 is great^H1419 like the sea:^H3220 who^H4310 can heal^H7495 thee?

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Lam 2:14 - Thy prophets^H5030 have seen^H2372 vain^H7723 and foolish things^H8602 for thee: and^H3808^➔ they have^H1540^➔ not^➔^H3808 discovered^➔^H1540 thine iniquity,^H5771 to turn away^H7725 thy captivity;^H7622 but have seen^H2372 for thee false^H7723 burdens^H4864 and causes of banishment.^H4065

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Lam 2:15 - All^H3605 that pass^H5674 by^H1870 clap^H5606 their hands^H3709 at thee;^H5921 they hiss^H8319 and wag^H5128 their head^H7218 at^H5921 the daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem,^H3389 saying, Is this^H2063 the city^H5892 that men call^H559 The perfection^H3632 of beauty,^H3308 The joy^H4885 of^H3605^➔ the^H776^➔ whole^➔^H3605 earth?^➔^H776

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Lam 2:16 - All^H3605 thine enemies^H341 have opened^H6475 their mouth^H6310 against thee:^H5921 they hiss^H8319 and gnash^H2786 the teeth:^H8127 they say,^H559 We have swallowed her up:^H1104 certainly^H389 this^H2088 is the day^H3117 that we looked for;^H6960 we have found,^H4672 we have seen^H7200 it.

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Lam 2:17 - The LORD^H3068 hath done^H6213 that which^H834 he had devised;^H2161 he hath fulfilled^H1214 his word^H565 that^H834 he had commanded^H6680 in the days^H3117 of old:^H6924 he hath thrown down,^H2040 and^H3808^➔ hath^H2550^➔ not^➔^H3808 pitied:^➔^H2550 and he hath caused^H8055^➔ thine enemy^H341 to rejoice^➔^H8055 over thee,^H5921 he hath set up^H7311 the horn^H7161 of thine adversaries.^H6862

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Lam 2:18 - Their heart^H3820 cried^H6817 unto^H413 the Lord,^H136 O wall^H2346 of the daughter^H1323 of Zion,^H6726 let^H3381^➔ tears^H1832 run down^➔^H3381 like a river^H5158 day^H3119 and night:^H3915 give^H5414 thyself no^H408 rest;^H6314 let^H1826^➔ not^H408 the apple^H1323 of thine eye^H5869 cease.^➔^H1826

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Lam 2:19 - Arise,^H6965 cry out^H7442 in the night:^H3915 in the beginning^H7218 of the watches^H821 pour out^H8210 thine heart^H3820 like water^H4325 before^H5227 the face^H6440 of the Lord:^H136 lift up^H5375 thy hands^H3709 toward him^H413 for^H5921 the life^H5315 of thy young children,^H5768 that faint^H5848 for hunger^H7458 in the top^H7218 of every^H3605 street.^H2351

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Lam 2:20 - Behold,^H7200 O LORD,^H3068 and consider^H5027 to whom^H4310 thou hast done^H5953 this.^H3541 Shall^H398^➔ the women^H802 eat^➔^H398 their fruit,^H6529 and children^H5768 of a span long?^H2949 shall^H2026^➔ the priest^H3548 and the prophet^H5030 be slain^➔^H2026 in the sanctuary^H4720 of the Lord?^H136

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Lam 2:21 - The young^H5288 and the old^H2205 lie^H7901 on the ground^H776 in the streets:^H2351 my virgins^H1330 and my young men^H970 are fallen^H5307 by the sword;^H2719 thou hast slain^H2026 them in the day^H3117 of thine anger;^H639 thou hast killed,^H2873 and not^H3808 pitied.^H2550

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Lam 2:22 - Thou hast called^H7121 as in a^H3117^➔ solemn^H4150 day^➔^H3117 my terrors^H4032 round about,^H5439 so that^H3808^➔ in the day^H3117 of the^H639^➔ LORD'S^H3068 anger^➔^H639 none^➔^H3808 escaped^H6412 nor remained:^H8300 those that^H834 I have swaddled^H2946 and brought up^H7235 hath^H3615^➔ mine enemy^H341 consumed.^➔^H3615

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