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Lamentations 2:6

He has laid waste his booth like a garden,

laid in ruins ahis meeting place;

athe Lord has made Zion forget

festival and bSabbath,

and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

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Lamentations 2:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;

he has destroyed his place of meeting.

The Lord has made Zion forget

her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;

in his fierce anger he has spurned

both king and priest.

Lamentations 2:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly:

The Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion,

And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

Lamentations 2:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

He has broken down his Temple

as though it were merely a garden shelter.

The Lord has blotted out all memory

of the holy festivals and Sabbath days.

Kings and priests fall together

before his fierce anger.

Lamentations 2:6 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

He has done violence to His tabernacle,

As if it were a garden;

He has destroyed His place of assembly;

The Lord has caused

The appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion.

In His burning indignation He has spurned the king and the priest.

Lamentations 2:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

He cut down his Temple like a garden;

he destroyed the meeting place.

The Lord has made Jerusalem forget

the set feasts and Sabbath days.

He has rejected the king and the priest

in his great anger.

Lamentations 2:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly:

Jehovah hath caused solemn assembly and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion,

And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

Lamentations 2:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And he hath violently cast down his enclosure as a garden; he hath destroyed his place of assembly: Jehovah hath caused set feast and sabbath to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger king and priest.

Lamentations 2:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He stripped his own booth as if it were a garden 

and destroyed his own festivals. 

The Lord wiped out the memory of festivals and days of rest—holy days—in Zion. 

He expelled kings and priests because of his fierce anger. 

Lamentations 2:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He has done violence to His temple

as if it were a garden booth,

destroying His place of meeting.

The Lord has abolished

appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion.

He has despised king and priest

in His fierce anger.

Lamentations 2:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

He has broken down his booth like a garden,

he has destroyed his tabernacle;

the Lord has abolished in Zion

festival and sabbath,

and in his fierce indignation has spurned

king and priest.

Lamentations 2:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

He has broken down his dwelling place like the garden;

he has ruined his appointed feasts;

Yahweh has made them forget in Zion

festival and Sabbath,

and he has despised in his anger

king and priest.

Lamentations 2:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord’s temple was like a garden.

But he completely destroyed it.

He destroyed the place

where he used to meet with his people.

He made Zion’s people forget

their appointed feasts and Sabbath days.

When he was very angry, he turned his back on

king and priest alike.

Lamentations 2:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

And He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth;

He has destroyed His appointed meeting place.

The Lord has caused to be forgotten

The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion,

And He has despised king and priest

In the indignation of His anger.


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