Lamentations 5:18 “because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.”

Lamentations 5:18

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

World English Bible

for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.

American Standard Version

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

Geneva Bible 1599

Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.

Darby Translation

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.

Young's Literal Translation

For the mount of Zion — that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

Bible in Basic English

Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

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Cross references

“of the”

Micah 3:12 Jeremiah 17:3 Jeremiah 26:9 Jeremiah 52:13 Lamentations 2:8 Lamentations 2:9

Micah 3:12 · BSB

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Jeremiah 17:3 · BSB

O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.

Jeremiah 26:9 · BSB

How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

Jeremiah 52:13 · BSB

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Lamentations 2:8 · BSB

The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.

Lamentations 2:9 · BSB

Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

“the foxes”

Jeremiah 9:11 Isaiah 32:13 Isaiah 32:14

Jeremiah 9:11 · BSB

“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Isaiah 32:13 · BSB

and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

Isaiah 32:14 · BSB

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

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

In context

17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

19You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

Read Lamentations 5