Lamentations 2

KJVHow hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

GIGAKJVHow has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, and did not remember his footstool in the day of his anger!

KJVThe 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.

GIGAKJVThe Lord has swallowed up all the homes of Jacob, and has not pitied: he has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground: he has polluted the kingdom and its princes.

KJVHe hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

GIGAKJVHe has cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.

KJVHe 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.

GIGAKJVHe has bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an enemy, and killed all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

KJVThe 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.

GIGAKJVThe Lord was as an enemy: he has swallowed up Israel, he has swallowed up all her palaces: he has destroyed his strongholds, and has increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

KJVAnd 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.

GIGAKJVAnd he has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he has destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord has caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and has despised in the anger of his anger the king and the priest.

KJVThe 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.

GIGAKJVThe Lord has cast off his altar, he has hated his sanctuary, he has 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.

KJVThe 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.

GIGAKJVThe Lord has planned to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out a line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament. They languished together.

KJVHer gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

GIGAKJVHer gates are sunk into the ground. He has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more. Her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

KJVThe elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

GIGAKJVThe elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust on their heads. They have put on rough mourning clothes: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

KJVMine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

GIGAKJVMy eyes do fail with tears, my insides are in torment, my heart is poured out on the ground, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. Because the children and the nursing babies swoon in the streets of the city.

KJVThey say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.

GIGAKJVThey say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they fainted as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out in their mothers' arms.

KJVWhat thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

GIGAKJVWhat thing shall I take to witness for you? What thing shall I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea: who can heal you?

KJVThy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

GIGAKJVYour prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not discovered your wrongdoing, to turn away your captivity. But have seen for you false burdens and causes of banishment.

KJVAll that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

GIGAKJVAll that pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

KJVAll thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

GIGAKJVAll your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found, we have seen it.

KJVThe Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

GIGAKJVThe Lord has done that which he had planned. He has fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he has thrown down, and has not pitied: and he has caused your enemy to rejoice over you, he has set up the horn of your enemies.

KJVTheir 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.

GIGAKJVTheir heart cried to the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give yourself no rest. Do not let the apple of your eye stop.

KJVArise, 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.

GIGAKJVArise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

KJVBehold, 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?

GIGAKJVO Lord, and consider who you have done this to. Shall the women eat their fruit, the little children they have cared for? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

KJVThe 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.

GIGAKJVThe young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger. You have killed, and not pitied.

KJVThou 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.

GIGAKJVYou have called as in a solemn day my terrors all around, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped or remained: my enemy has consumed those I cared for and brought up.