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Lamentations 2:2

2 The Lord has aswallowed up; He has not spared

All the habitations of Jacob.

In His wrath He has bthrown down

The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

He has cbrought them down to the ground;

He has dprofaned the kingdom and its princes.

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

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up

all the dwellings of Jacob;

in his wrath he has torn down

the strongholds of Daughter Judah.

He has brought her kingdom and its princes

down to the ground in dishonor.

Lamentations 2:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The Lord has swallowed up without mercy

all the habitations of Jacob;

in his wrath he has broken down

the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

he has brought down to the ground in dishonor

the kingdom and its rulers.

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

The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied:

He hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah;

He hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

Lamentations 2:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Without mercy the Lord has destroyed

every home in Israel.

In his anger he has broken down

the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem.

He has brought them to the ground,

dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.

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

The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied

All the dwelling places of Jacob.

He has thrown down in His wrath

The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

He has brought them down to the ground;

He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

Lamentations 2:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord swallowed up without mercy

all the houses of the people of Jacob;

in his anger he pulled down

the strong places of Judah.

He threw her kingdom and its rulers

down to the ground in dishonor.

Lamentations 2:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied:

He hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

He hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

Lamentations 2:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The Lord hath swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob, and hath not spared; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah: he hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

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

The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity. 

He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. 

He brought the kingdom ⸤of Judah⸥ and its leaders 

down to the ground in dishonor. 

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

Without compassion the Lord has swallowed up

all the dwellings of Jacob.

In His wrath He has demolished

the fortified cities of Daughter Judah.

He brought them to the ground

and defiled the kingdom and its leaders.

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

The Lord has destroyed without mercy

all the dwellings of Jacob;

in his wrath he has broken down

the strongholds of daughter Judah;

he has brought down to the ground in dishonor

the kingdom and its rulers.

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

The Lord has devoured; he has not shown mercy

to all the dwellings of Jacob;

he has broken down in his wrath

the fortifications of the daughter of Judah;

he has leveled to the ground, he has dishonored

the kingdom and its commanders.

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

Without pity the Lord swallowed up

all of the homes of Jacob’s people.

When he was angry, he tore down

the forts of the people of Judah.

He brought their kingdom and its princes

down to the ground in dishonor.


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