Lamentations 2:1
where1 · cover with a cloud2 · in + nose + his3 · lord2 · with4 · daughter4 · Zion4 · adventure2 · make amazed2 · earth4 · --beauty(-iful)2 · Israel4 · and + not3 · to mention4 · a footstool3 · feet + his3 · over the + day3 · now5
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where1 · cover with a cloud2 · in + nose + his3 · lord2 · with4 · daughter4 · Zion4 · adventure2 · make amazed2 · earth4 · --beauty(-iful)2 · Israel4 · and + not3 · to mention4 · a footstool3 · feet + his3 · over the + day3 · now5
to destroy4 · lord2 · no4 · and + not3 · to spare4 · with4 · all4 · consent2 · Jacob4 · throw down4 · in + wrath + his3 · (de-, most) fenced2 · daughter4 · Judah4 · beat2 · for the + land3 · to bore4 · kingdom4 · and + Seraiah3
hew down2 · young men2 · nose4 · all4 · horn4 · Israel4 · return2 · hereafter4 · right [hand] + his3 · from + before3 · enemy2 · and + he kindled3 · in + Jacob3 · [was] like + a fire3 · flame(-ming)4 · food4 · circuit4
to tread4 · bow + his3 · like + an enemy3 · appointed4 · right [hand] + his3 · like <the> + flint3 · and + he killed3 · all4 · beloved2 · an eye3 · in the + tent3 · daughter4 · Zion4 · spill forth4 · [was] like + a fire3 · rage + his3
to exist4 · lord2 · like + an enemy3 · to destroy4 · Israel4 · to destroy4 · all4 · palaces + its3 · pit2 · fortifications + its3 · and + may he multiply3 · apple (of the eye)2 · Judah4 · lamentation4 · and + lamentation3
and + he has treated violently3 · like + [the] garden of3 · Seku4 · pit2 · make to shake2 · mislay4 · The Lord2 · in + Zion3 · time1 · and + you will return3 · and + he spurned3 · with anger6 · now5 · king4 · and + he will serve as a priest3
reject4 · lord2 · some of + sacrifice + his3 · to reject7 · [who] sets apart as holy + him3 · close up2 · for8 · enemy2 · wall2 · palaces + its3 · sound4 · add2 · in the + house3 · The Lord2 · in these times9 · time1
mean4 · The Lord2 · to + destroy3 · wall2 · daughter4 · Zion4 · extend4 · cord10 · no4 · return2 · shoot2 · destroyer8 · and + he has caused to mourn3 · common4 · and + wall3 · alike2 · languish2
drown2 · on the + earth3 · Shearjah4 · perish2 · and + totally <shatter>3 · bars + its3 · Milcah4 · and + Seraiah3 · among the + nations3 · nothing4 · precept4 · also4 · prophets + its3 · no4 · + be able2 · sight4 · for + Yahweh3
(make to) abide(-ing)2 · for the + land3 · cease2 · aged2 · daughter4 · Zion4 · bring in2 · dust4 · Most High2 · head + their3 · be able to put on2 · hip2 · bring down2 · for the + land3 · first2 · maid2 · (Chald)2
finish2 · by <the> + tears3 · eye2 · daub2 · bowels2 · cast (up)2 · for the + land3 · (so) great2 · Most High2 · hope4 · daughter4 · Ben-ammi2 · because + faint3 · infant4 · and + suckling-child3 · in the + open places3 · a city4
to + tribes + their3 · answer2 · Aiah4 · increase4 · and + wine3 · when + faint away + they3 · like <the> + [one] fatally wounded3 · in the + open places3 · town2 · when + pours itself out3 · self + their3 · these4 · bosom4 · tribes + their3
why?1 · will I testify for + you3 · why?1 · ground4 · come2 · ¿ + a daughter of3 · (Chald)2 · why?1 · avail2 · come2 · so + I may comfort + you3 · maid2 · daughter4 · Zion4 · since4 · older4 · [are] like the + sea3 · fracture + your3 · whoever1 · cure2 · come2
prophets + your3 · vision2 · come2 · vanity2 · and + she fell3 · and + not3 · exile2 · Most High2 · [one who] answers + you3 · to + restore3 · captivity + your3 · and + they saw3 · come2 · X any(- thing)2 · vanity2 · and + enticement<s>3
clap2 · [is] on + you3 · branch2 · all4 · Ibri4 · to tread4 · hiss2 · and + they trembled3 · head + their3 · Most High2 · daughter4 · (Chald)2 · <the> + this3 · (a-)wake(-n, up)2 · that + people said3 · all2 · beauty4 · joy4 · to + every3 · the + earth3
break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces2 · [is] on + you3 · mouth + their3 · all4 · enemies + your3 · hiss2 · and + they have gnashed3 · tooth2 · say2 · cover2 · only4 · this4 · on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow6 · that + we have waited for + it3 · + be able2 · advise self2
make2 · The Lord2 · that4 · to plan4 · to break off4 · word + his3 · that4 · appoint4 · + piss2 · before4 · throw down4 · and + not3 · to spare4 · so + he may rejoice3 · [is] on + you3 · enemy2 · hill (country)2 · horn4 · necessary8
call together4 · Labam8 · these4 · lord2 · wall2 · daughter4 · Zion4 · a primitive root2 · [is] like + a torrent3 · weeping4 · daily1 · and + night3 · these4 · Tattenai4 · cessation11 · come2 · these4 · cease2 · daughter4 · eye + your3
get up2 · cry out2 · fodder4 · over the + night3 · to + [the] head of3 · watch2 · cast (up)2 · like <the> + water3 · heart + your3 · in front of4 · face2 · lord2 · desolate(-ion)2 · to + him3 · hands + your3 · Most High2 · breath4 · children + your3 · the + ones enfeebled3 · by the + famine3 · on + [the] top of3 · all4 · abroad2
to see4 · The Lord2 · and + look + !3 · [belong] to + whom?3 · abuse2 · hitherto4 · mother4 · X at all2 · (adulter)ess2 · Purim2 · babe2 · span long2 · mother4 · destroy2 · [was] at + [the] sanctuary of3 · lord2 · a priest4 · and + a prophet3
X at all2 · for the + land3 · abroad2 · boy4 · and + elder3 · maid2 · and + [the] young men of3 · fall (down)2 · by + sword3 · destroy2 · over the + day3 · turn8 · slaughter2 · no4 · have compassion2
bewray (self)2 · in these times9 · time1 · dwelling2 · from + round about3 · and + not3 · to exist4 · over the + day3 · nose4 · The Lord2 · fugitive2 · and + a survivor3 · that4 · span2 · and + I had reared3 · enemy2 · wound4
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