Lamentations 2:1 “How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His an…”

Lamentations 2:1

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

World English Bible

How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth, and hasn’t remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

American Standard Version

How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He hath cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

Geneva Bible 1599

How hath the Lord darkened the daughter of Zion in his wrath! and hath cast downe from heauen vnto the earth the beautie of Israel, and remembred not his footestoole in the day of his wrath!

Darby Translation

How hath the Lord in his anger covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud! He hath cast down from the heavens unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger.

Young's Literal Translation

How doth the Lord cloud in His anger the daughter of Zion, He hath cast from heaven [to] earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger.

Bible in Basic English

How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.

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Cross references

“How”

Lamentations 1:1 Lamentations 4:1

Lamentations 1:1 · BSB

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

Lamentations 4:1 · BSB

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

“covered”

Ezekiel 30:18 Joel 2:2 Lamentations 3:43 Lamentations 3:44 Ezekiel 32:7 Ezekiel 32:8

Ezekiel 30:18 · BSB

The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

Joel 2:2 · BSB

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

Lamentations 3:43 · BSB

You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

Lamentations 3:44 · BSB

You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

Ezekiel 32:7 · BSB

When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Ezekiel 32:8 · BSB

All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

“and cast”

Ezekiel 28:14–16 Luke 10:18 Revelation 12:7–9 Isaiah 14:12–15 Matthew 11:23 Luke 10:15

Ezekiel 28:14–16 · BSB

You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

Luke 10:18 · BSB

So He told them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Revelation 12:7–9 · BSB

Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

Isaiah 14:12–15 · BSB

How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

Matthew 11:23 · BSB

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

Luke 10:15 · BSB

And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!

“the beauty”

2 Samuel 1:19 Isaiah 64:11 Ezekiel 7:20–22 Ezekiel 24:21 1 Samuel 4:21

2 Samuel 1:19 · BSB

“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

Isaiah 64:11 · BSB

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

Ezekiel 7:20–22 · BSB

His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.

Ezekiel 24:21 · BSB

Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left beh…

1 Samuel 4:21 · BSB

And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.

“his footstool”

1 Chronicles 28:2 Psalm 132:7 Psalm 99:5

1 Chronicles 28:2 · BSB

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had ma…

Psalm 132:7 · BSB

Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.

Psalm 99:5 · BSB

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

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