NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon The LORDYhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. hath purposed chashab (khaw-shab') to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute to destroy shachath (shaw-khath') to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r). the wall chowmah (kho-maw') a wall of protection -- wall, walled. of the daughter bath (bath) apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, first, old, owl, town, village. of Zion Tsiyown (tsee-yone') Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem -- Zion. he hath stretched out natah (naw-taw') to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield. a line qav (kav) a cord (as connecting), especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord -- line. he hath not withdrawn shuwb (shoob) to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively his hand yad (yawd) a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), from destroying bala` (baw-lah') to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy -- cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up). therefore he made the rampart cheyl (khale) an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment -- army, bulwark, host, poor, rampart, trench, wall. and the wall chowmah (kho-maw') a wall of protection -- wall, walled. to lament 'abal (aw-bal') to bewail -- lament, mourn. they languished 'amal (aw-mal') to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn -- languish, be weak, wax feeble. together yachad (yakh'-ad) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly -- alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible The LORD determined to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line, He has not restrained His hand from destroying, And He has caused rampart and wall to lament; They have languished together. King James Bible The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD determined to destroy the wall of Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not restrain Himself from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls grieve; together they waste away. International Standard Version The LORD planned to destroy the walls of cherished Zion. He measured them with his line. He did not withhold his hand from destruction. He made both ramparts and defensive walls mourn; they languish together. NET Bible The LORD was determined to tear down Daughter Zion's wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD planned to destroy the wall of Zion's people. He marked it off with a line. He didn't take his hand away until he had swallowed it up. He made the towers and walls mourn. They are completely dejected. King James 2000 Bible The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out a line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. Links Lamentations 2:8Lamentations 2:8 NIV Lamentations 2:8 NLT Lamentations 2:8 ESV Lamentations 2:8 NASB Lamentations 2:8 KJV |
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