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Lamentations 2:5
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ה (He)

5 The Lord,[a] like an enemy,
destroyed[b] Israel.
He destroyed[c] all her palaces;
he ruined her[d] fortified cities.
He made everyone in Daughter Judah
mourn and lament.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:5 tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the tc note at 1:14.
  2. Lamentations 2:5 tn Heb “swallowed up.”
  3. Lamentations 2:5 tn Heb “swallowed up.”
  4. Lamentations 2:5 tn Heb “his.” For consistency this has been translated as “her.”
  5. Lamentations 2:5 tn Heb “He increased in Daughter Judah mourning and lamentation.”
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