LAMENTATIONS 2:6

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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.”

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Lamentations 2:6 Translation & Meaning

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And he hath violently taken away וַיַּחְמֹ֤ס To be violent; by implication, to maltreat violently taken away
his tabernacle, שֻׂכּ֔וֹ A booth (as interlaced) tabernacle
as a garden: כַּגַּן֙ A garden (as fenced) garden
if it were of (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
he hath destroyed שִׁחֵ֖ת To decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) destroyed
his places of the assembly: מוֹעֲד֑וֹ Properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand) places assembly
the Lord יְהוָ֤ה׀ (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
hath caused the solemn feasts מוֹעֵ֣ד Properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand) caused solemn feasts
and sabbaths וְשַׁבָּ֔ת Intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath sabbaths
to be forgotten שִׁכַּ֨ח To mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention forgotten
in Zion, בְּצִיּוֹן֙ Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem Zion
and hath despised וַיִּנְאַ֥ץ To scorn; or (in Ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for H5132, to bloom despised
in the indignation בְּזַֽעַם Strictly froth at the mouth, i.e., (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin) indignation
of his anger אַפּ֖וֹ Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire anger
the king מֶ֥לֶךְ A king king
and the priest. וְכֹהֵֽן׃ Literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) priest

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  • 4  He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

  • 5  The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

  • 6  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.

  • 7  The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • 8  The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.




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