Parallel Verses New International Version How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. King James Bible How 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! Darby Bible Translation How hath the Lord in his anger covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud! He hath cast down from the heavens unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger. World English Bible How has the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, And hasn't remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. Young's Literal Translation How doth the Lord cloud in His anger the daughter of Zion, He hath cast from heaven to earth the beauty of Israel, And hath not remembered His footstool in the day of His anger. Lamentations 2:1 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleHow hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud - The women in the eastern countries wear veils, and often very costly ones. Here, Zion is represented as being veiled by the hand of God's judgment. And what is the veil? A dark cloud, by which she is entirely obscured. Instead of אדני Adonai, lord, twenty-four of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., and some of the most ancient of my own, read יהוה Yehovah, Lord, as in Lamentations 2:2. The beauty of Israel - His Temple. His footstool - The ark of the covenant, often so called. The rendering of my old MS. Bible is curious: - And record not of his litil steging-stole of his feet, in the dai of his woodnesse. To be wood signifies, in our ancient language, to be mad. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge how covered and cast Isaiah 14:14-15 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High... Luke 10:15,18 And you, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell... the beauty 2 Samuel 1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places: how are the mighty fallen! Ezekiel 7:20-22 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty... his footstool Psalm 99:5 Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. Psalm 132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. Library Watch-Night Service"Ye virgin souls, arise! With all the dead awake; Unto salvation wise; Oil in your vessels take: Upstarting at the MIDNIGHT CRY, Behold Your heavenly bridegroom nigh." Two brethren then offered prayer for the Church and the World, that the new year might be clothed with glory by the spread of the knowledge of Jesus.--Then followed the EXPOSITION Psalm 90:1-22 "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Yea Jehovah, WE, they children, can say that thou hast been our home, our safe … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856 Departure from Ireland. Death and Burial at Clairvaux. Cross References Psalm 99:5 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy. Psalm 132:7 "Let us go to his dwelling place, let us worship at his footstool, saying, Isaiah 14:12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! Isaiah 64:11 Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins. Lamentations 2:17 The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word, which he decreed long ago. He has overthrown you without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you, he has exalted the horn of your foes. Ezekiel 19:12 But it was uprooted in fury and thrown to the ground. The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped of its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them. Ezekiel 28:14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. Jump to Previous Anger Beauty Cast Cloud Covered Daughter Earth Feet Footstool Glory Hasn't Heaven Hurled Israel Kept Memory Remembered Resting-Place Wrath ZionJump to Next Anger Beauty Cast Cloud Covered Daughter Earth Feet Footstool Glory Hasn't Heaven Hurled Israel Kept Memory Remembered Resting-Place Wrath ZionLinks Lamentations 2:1 NIVLamentations 2:1 NLT Lamentations 2:1 ESV Lamentations 2:1 NASB Lamentations 2:1 KJV Lamentations 2:1 Bible Apps Lamentations 2:1 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 2:1 Chinese Bible Lamentations 2:1 French Bible Lamentations 2:1 German Bible Lamentations 2:1 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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