Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They say to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away in their mothers’ arms. New Living Translation They cry out to their mothers, “We need food and drink!” Their lives ebb away in the streets like the life of a warrior wounded in battle. They gasp for life as they collapse in their mothers’ arms. English Standard Version They cry to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they faint like a wounded man in the streets of the city, as their life is poured out on their mothers’ bosom. Berean Standard Bible They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. King James Bible They 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. New King James Version They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they swoon like the wounded In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out In their mothers’ bosom. New American Standard Bible They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they faint like a wounded person In the streets of the city, As their lives are poured out In their mothers’ arms. NASB 1995 They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they faint like a wounded man In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out On their mothers’ bosom. NASB 1977 They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they faint like a wounded man In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out On their mothers’ bosom. Legacy Standard Bible They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they faint like a wounded man In the open squares of the city, As their life is poured out On their mothers’ bosom. Amplified Bible They cry to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they faint like a wounded man In the streets of the city, As their life [slips away and] is poured out In their mothers’ arms. Christian Standard Bible They cry out to their mothers, “Where is the grain and wine? ” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their life pours out in the arms of their mothers. Holman Christian Standard Bible They cry out to their mothers: Where is the grain and wine? as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. American Standard Version They say to their mothers, Where is grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Lamed To their mothers they say: “Where is the grain and the wine and the oil?”, when they were afflicted as the slain in the streets of the city, when their souls are poured out into the bosom of their mothers Brenton Septuagint Translation LAMED. They said to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? while they fainted like wounded men in the streets of the city, while their souls were poured out into their mother's bosom. Contemporary English Version A child begs its mother for food and drink, then blacks out like a wounded soldier lying in the street. The child slowly dies in its mother's arms. Douay-Rheims Bible Lamed. They said to their mothers: Where is corn and wine? when they fainted away as the wounded in the streets of the city: when they breathed out their souls in the bosoms of their mothers. English Revised Version They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom. GOD'S WORD® Translation They're asking their mothers for some bread and wine as they faint like wounded people in the city streets. Their lives dwindle away in their mothers' arms. Good News Translation Hungry and thirsty, they cry to their mothers; They fall in the streets as though they were wounded, And slowly die in their mothers' arms. International Standard Version They ask their mothers, "Is there anything to eat or drink?" They faint in the streets of the city like wounded men. Their life ebbs away while they lie on their mother's bosom. JPS Tanakh 1917 They say to their mothers: 'Where is corn and wine?' When they swoon as the wounded In the broad places of the city, When their soul is poured out Into their mothers' bosom. Literal Standard Version To their mothers they say, | “Where [are] grain and wine?” In their becoming feeble as a pierced one | In the broad places of the city, | In their soul pouring itself out into the bosom of their mothers. Majority Standard Bible They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. New American Bible They cry out to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” As they faint away like the wounded in the streets of the city, As their life is poured out in their mothers’ arms. NET Bible Children say to their mothers, "Where are food and drink?" They faint like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly in their mothers' arms. New Revised Standard Version They cry to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their life is poured out on their mothers’ bosom. New Heart English Bible They tell their mothers, "Where is grain and wine?" When they faint as the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in their mothers' bosom. Webster's Bible Translation They 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. World English Bible They ask their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers’ bosom. Young's Literal Translation To their mothers they say, 'Where are corn and wine?' In their becoming feeble as a pierced one In the broad places of the city, In their soul pouring itself out into the bosom of their mothers. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Anger over Jerusalem…11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. 12They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. 13What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?… Cross References Job 30:16 And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me. Psalm 42:4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise. Psalm 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah Jeremiah 5:17 They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust." Lamentations 4:4 The nursing infant's tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. Treasury of Scripture They 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. as the Ezekiel 30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. soul Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Jump to Previous Bosom Bread Breast Broad City Corn Cry Drained Faint Falling Feeble Grain Itself Life Mothers Mother's Open Pierced Places Pour Poured Pouring Soul Squares Streets Swoon Swooned Wine WoundedJump to Next Bosom Bread Breast Broad City Corn Cry Drained Faint Falling Feeble Grain Itself Life Mothers Mother's Open Pierced Places Pour Poured Pouring Soul Squares Streets Swoon Swooned Wine WoundedLamentations 2 1. Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem20. He complains thereof to God (12) They say . . .--The words seem to paint what was actually passing before the writer's eye, but may be the vivid present which represents the past. The children cried for food, and their mothers had none to give them. They were like wounded men at their last gasp, and breathed out their life as they clung in their despair to their mothers' breasts.Verse 12. - Corn. Either in the sense of parched corn (comp. Leviticus 23:14; 1 Samuel 17:17; Proverbs 27:22) or a poetic expression for "bread" (comp. Exodus 16:4; Psalm or. 40) Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They cry outיֹֽאמְר֔וּ (yō·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to their mothers: לְאִמֹּתָם֙ (lə·’im·mō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 517: A mother, ) “Where אַיֵּ֖ה (’ay·yêh) Interrogative Strong's 346: Where? is the grain דָּגָ֣ן (dā·ḡān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1715: Corn, grain (of cereals) and wine?” וָיָ֑יִן (wā·yā·yin) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication as they faint בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤ם (bə·hiṯ·‘aṭ·ṭə·p̄ām) Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5848: To shroud, clothe, to languish like the wounded כֶּֽחָלָל֙ (ke·ḥā·lāl) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted in the streets בִּרְחֹב֣וֹת (bir·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7339: A broad open place, plaza of the city, עִ֔יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement as their lives נַפְשָׁ֔ם (nap̄·šām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion fade away בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ (bə·hiš·tap·pêḵ) Preposition-b | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out in אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the arms חֵ֖יק (ḥêq) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2436: The bosom of their mothers. אִמֹּתָֽם׃ (’im·mō·ṯām) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 517: A mother, ) Links Lamentations 2:12 NIVLamentations 2:12 NLT Lamentations 2:12 ESV Lamentations 2:12 NASB Lamentations 2:12 KJV Lamentations 2:12 BibleApps.com Lamentations 2:12 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 2:12 Chinese Bible Lamentations 2:12 French Bible Lamentations 2:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 2:12 They tell their mothers Where is grain (Lam. La Lm) |