Lamentations 2:22 “You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed…”

Lamentations 2:22

You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

World English Bible

“You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side. There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of the LORD’s anger. My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.

American Standard Version

Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side; And there was none that escaped or remained in the day of Jehovah’s anger: Those that I have dandled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou hast called as in a solemne daye my terrours rounde about, so that in the day of the Lordes wrath none escaped nor remained: those that I haue nourished and brought vp, hath mine enemie consumed.

Darby Translation

Thou hast called up, as on the day of a set feast, my terrors on every side; and in the day of Jehovah's anger there was none that escaped or remained: those that I have nursed and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou dost call as [at] a day of appointment, My fears from round about, And there hath not been in the day of the anger of Jehovah, An escaped and remaining one, They whom I stretched out and nourished, My enemy hath consumed!

Bible in Basic English

As in the day of a holy meeting you have made fears come round me on every side, and no one got away or was kept safe in the day of the Lord's wrath: those who were folded in my arms, whom I took care of, have been sent to their destruction by my hater.

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Cross references

“my terrors”

Psalm 31:13 Jeremiah 6:25 Jeremiah 20:3 Jeremiah 46:5 Amos 9:1–4 Isaiah 24:17

Psalm 31:13 · BSB

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Jeremiah 6:25 · BSB

Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

Jeremiah 20:3 · BSB

The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

Jeremiah 46:5 · BSB

Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

Amos 9:1–4 · BSB

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who…

Isaiah 24:17 · BSB

Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.

“those”

Jeremiah 16:2–4 Deuteronomy 28:18 Hosea 9:12–16 Luke 23:29 Luke 23:30

Jeremiah 16:2–4 · BSB

“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”

Deuteronomy 28:18 · BSB

The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Hosea 9:12–16 · BSB

Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

Luke 23:29 · BSB

Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’

Luke 23:30 · BSB

At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

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

In context

21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.

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