Lamentations 2:3-4

New International Version

³In fierce anger he has cut off
    every horn^[a]^[b]^(A) of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand^(B)
    at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
    that consumes everything around it.^(C)

⁴Like an enemy he has strung his bow;^(D)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;^(E)
he has poured out his wrath^(F) like fire^(G)
    on the tent^(H) of Daughter Zion.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
Lamentations 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.

Lamentations 2:3-4

King James Version

³He 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.

⁴He 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.

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Lamentations 2:3-4

New King James Version

³He has cut off in fierce anger
Every ^[a]horn of Israel;
^(A)He has drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
^(B)He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fire
Devouring all around.

⁴^(C)Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow;
With His right hand, like an adversary,
He has slain ^(D)all who were pleasing to His eye;
On the tent of the daughter of Zion,
He has poured out His fury like fire.

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