Lamentations 2:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?”
Lamentations 2:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Lamentations 2:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Lamentations 2:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Should the women eat their offspring, the children that they held and bounced on their knees? Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?”
Lamentations 2:20 — World English Bible
Lamentations 2:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“ See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? ”
Lamentations 2:20 — American Standard Version
Lamentations 2:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“See, O Jehovah, and look attentively, To whom Thou hast acted thus, Do women eat their fruit, infants of a handbreadth? Slain in the sanctuary of the Lord are priest and prophet?”
Lamentations 2:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Lamentations 2:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“See, Jehovah, and consider to whom thou hast done this! Shall the women eat their fruit, the infants that they nursed? Shall priest and prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? ”
Lamentations 2:20 — Darby Translation
Lamentations 2:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde, O Lord, and consider to whome thou hast done thus: shall the women eate their fruite, and children of a spanne long? shall the Priest and the Prophet be slaine in the Sanctuarie of the Lord?”
Lamentations 2:20 — Geneva Bible
Lamentations 2:20 in Context — Lamentations 2
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 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.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
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What Does Lamentations 2:20 Mean?
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