Lamentations 2:9

Her 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
gates	שְׁעָרֶ֔יהָ she.'a.Rei.ha	H8179	an opening · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
sunk	טָבְע֤וּ ta.ve.'U	H2883	to sink · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
ground	בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ va.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
destroyed	אִבַּ֥ד 'i.Bad	H6	properly · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
broken	וְשִׁבַּ֖ר ve.shi.Bar	H7665	to burst (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
bars	בְּרִיחֶ֑יהָ be.ri.Chei.ha	H1280	a bolt · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
king	מַלְכָּ֨הּ mal.Kah	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
princes	וְשָׂרֶ֤יהָ ve.sa.Rei.ha	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
Gentiles	בַגּוֹיִם֙ va.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
law	תּוֹרָ֔ה to.Rah	H8451	a precept or statute · noun, common feminine singular absolute
prophets	נְבִיאֶ֕יהָ ne.vi.'Ei.ha	H5030	a prophet or (generally) inspired man · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
find	מָצְא֥וּ ma.tze.'U	H4672	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
vision	חָז֖וֹן cha.Zon	H2377	a sight (mentally) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	מֵיְהוָֽה me.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Ezekiel 7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish f…
Hosea 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and wi…
2 Chronicles 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
Nehemiah 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Je…
Psalms 74:9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
Micah 3:6-7 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun sha…
Deuteronomy 28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and the…
Jeremiah 51:30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:1-9

It is a very sad representation which is here made of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel, of Zion and Jerusalem; but the emphasis in these verses seems to be laid all along upon the hand of God in the calamities which they were groaning under. The grief is not so much that such and such things are done as that God has done them, that he appears angry with them; it is he that chastens them, and chastens them in wrath and in his hot displeasure; he has become their enemy, and fights against them; and this, this is the wormwood and the gall in the affliction and the misery. I. Time was when God's delight was in his church, and he appeared to her, and appeared for her, as a friend. B…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:9

Her gates cannot oppose the entrance of the foe into the city, for they are sunk under a mass of rubbish and earth. broken . . . bars-- (Jer 51:30). her king . . . among . . . Gentiles-- (Deu 28:36). law . . . no more-- (Ch2 15:3). The civil and religious laws were one under the theocracy. "All the legal ordinances (prophetical as well as priestly) of the theocracy, are no more" (Psa 74:9; Eze 7:26).

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground - The consequence of their being long thrown down and neglected. From this it appears that the captivity had already lasted a considerable time. Her king and her princes are among the Gentiles - Zedekiah and many of the princes were then prisoners in Babylon, another proof that the captivity had endured some time, unless all this be spoken prophetically, of what should be done.

John Gill on Lamentations 2:9

Her gates are sunk into the ground,.... Either the gates of the city or temple, or both; being broke and demolished, and laid level with the ground, and covered with rubbish; for as for the Midrash, or exposition, that Jarchi mentions, that the gates sunk into the earth upon the approach of the enemy, that they might not have power over them, through which the ark passed, is a mere fable of their Rabbins; and equally as absurd is the additional gloss of the Targum, "her gates sunk into the earth, because they sacrificed a hog, and brought of the blood of it to them:'' he hath destroyed and broken her bars; with which the gates were bolted and barred, that so the enemy might enter; it was G…

Dictionary and topics

Gates · Of cities: Often razed and burned — Of cities: Often razed and burned
Prophets · Frequently left without divine communication on account of sins of the people — Frequently left without divine communication on account of sins of the people
Sins, National · Cause the withdrawal of privileges — Cause the withdrawal of privileges
Visions · The withholding of a great calamity — The withholding of a great calamity

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Lamentations 2:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:9

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:9

John Gill on Lamentations 2:9

Dictionary and topics

Lamentations 2:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:9

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:9

John Gill on Lamentations 2:9

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Lamentations 2:9

Keil & Delitzsch on Lamentations 2:8-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Lamentations 2:9

Rashi on Lamentations 2:9