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Lamentations 2:21

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2:21The young boys and old men

lie dead on the ground in the streets.

My young women109 and my young men

have fallen by the sword.

You killed them when you were angry;110

you slaughtered them without mercy.111

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Footnotes

  1. 109 Heb “virgins.” The term “virgin” probably functions as a metonymy of association for single young women.
  2. 110 Heb “in the day of your anger.” The construction בָּיוֹם (bayom, “in the day of …”) is a common Hebrew idiom, meaning “when …” (e.g., Gen 2:4; Lev 7:35; Num 3:1; Deut 4:15; 2 Sam 22:1; Pss 18:1; 138:3; Zech 8:9). This temporal idiom refers to a general time period, but uses the term “day” as a forceful rhetorical device to emphasize the vividness and drama of the event, depicting it as occurring within a single day. In the ancient Near East, military minded kings often referred to a successful campaign as “the day of X” in order to portray themselves as powerful conquerors who, as it were, could inaugurate and complete a victory military campaign within the span of one day.
  3. 111 The reads לֹא חָמָלְתָּ (lo’ khamalta, “You showed no mercy”). However, many medieval Hebrew and most of the ancient versions (Aramaic , and Latin ) read וְלֹא חָמָלְתָּ (vélo’ khamalta, “and You showed no mercy”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the dust of the streets

lie the young and the old;

my young women and my young men

have fallen by the sword;

you have killed them in the day of your anger,

slaughtering without pity.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Young and old lie together

in the dust of the streets;

my young men and young women

have fallen by the sword.

You have slain them in the day of your anger;

you have slaughtered them without pity.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Both young and old

are lying on the ground in the streets.

My young women and young men

have fallen by the sword.

You have killed them in the day of your anger,

slaughtering without compassion.

NLTNew Living Translation

“See them lying in the streets—

young and old,

boys and girls,

killed by the swords of the enemy.

You have killed them in your anger,

slaughtering them without mercy.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They lie in the soil of the streets,

young and old;

my young women and young men,

they have fallen by the sword;

you have slain on the day of your anger,

you have slaughtered and not shown mercy.

KJV 1900King James Version

The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets:

My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword;

Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.