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Good News Translation

Lamentations 4:11

The Lord turned loose the full force of his fury; he lit a fire in Zion that burned it to the ground.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Anger;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Providence of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Lamentations, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fire (kindle);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accomplish;   Captivity;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord has exhausted his wrath,poured out his burning anger;he has ignited a fire in Zion,and it has consumed her foundations.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Tziyon, which has devoured the foundations of it.
King James Version
The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
English Standard Version
The Lord gave full vent to his wrath; he poured out his hot anger, and he kindled a fire in Zion that consumed its foundations.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD has expended His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion, And it has consumed its foundations.
New Century Version
The Lord turned loose all of his anger; he poured out his strong anger. He set fire to Jerusalem, burning it down to the foundations.
Amplified Bible
The LORD has fulfilled His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger And has kindled a fire in Zion That has consumed her foundations.
World English Bible
Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured the foundations of it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord hath accomplished his indignation: he hath powred out his fierce wrath, he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath deuoured the foundations thereof.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD has accomplished His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has consumed its foundations.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh has spent His wrath;He has poured out His burning anger;And He has kindled a fire in ZionWhich has devoured its foundations.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord was so fiercely angry that he burned the city of Zion to the ground.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai has finished with his fury, he has poured out his blazing wrath; he kindled a fire in Tziyon that consumed its very foundations.
Darby Translation
Jehovah hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath consumed the foundations thereof.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord used all of his anger. He poured out all his anger. He made a fire in Zion that burned it down to the foundations.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD has accomplished his fury; he has poured out his fierce anger and has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured the foundations thereof.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh has completed his anger, he has poured out his fierce anger; he has kindled a fire in Zion, it consumed her foundations.
Literal Translation
Jehovah has fulfilled His fury; He has poured out His fierce anger and has kindled a fire in Zion; and it has devoured its foundations.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE hath perfourmed his heuy wrath: he hath poured out the furiousnes of his displeasure. He hath kindled a fyre in Sion, which hath consumed the foundacions therof.
American Standard Version
Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Bible in Basic English
The Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD hath accomplished His fury, He hath poured out His fierce anger; and He hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord hath accomplished his furie, he hath powred out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath deuoured the foundations thereof.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde hath perfourmed his heauie wrath, he hath powred out the furiousnesse of his displeasure: he hath kindeled a fire in Sion, which hath consumed the foundations therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
CHAPH. The Lord has accomplished his wrath; he has poured out fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Sion, and it has devoured her foundations.
English Revised Version
The LORD hath accomplished his fury, he hath poured out his fierce anger; and he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Caph. The Lord fillide his strong veniaunce, he schedde out the ire of his indignacioun; and the Lord kyndlide a fier in Sion, and it deuouride the foundementis therof.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; And he has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured the foundations thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured her foundations.
New English Translation

כ (Kaf)

The Lord fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations.
New King James Version
The LORD has fulfilled His fury, He has poured out His fierce anger. He kindled a fire in Zion, And it has devoured its foundations.
New Living Translation
But now the anger of the Lord is satisfied. His fierce anger has been poured out. He started a fire in Jerusalem that burned the city to its foundations.
New Life Bible
The Lord has acted in His anger. He has poured out His burning anger, and has set a fire in Zion which has burned it to the ground.
New Revised Standard
The Lord gave full vent to his wrath; he poured out his hot anger, and kindled a fire in Zion that consumed its foundations.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh hath completed his indignation, hath poured out the glow of his anger; and hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured her foundations.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Caph. The Lord hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger: and he hath kindled a fire in Sion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD gave full vent to his wrath, he poured out his hot anger; and he kindled a fire in Zion, which consumed its foundations.
Young's Literal Translation
Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth her foundations.
THE MESSAGE
God let all his anger loose, held nothing back. He poured out his raging wrath. He set a fire in Zion that burned it to the ground.

Contextual Overview

1 Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets. 2 Zion's young people were as precious to us as gold, but now they are treated like common clay pots. 3 Even a mother wolf will nurse her cubs, but my people are like ostriches, cruel to their young. 4 They let their babies die of hunger and thirst; children are begging for food that no one will give them. 5 People who once ate the finest foods die starving in the streets; those raised in luxury are pawing through garbage for food. 6 My people have been punished even more than the inhabitants of Sodom, which met a sudden downfall at the hands of God. 7 Our princes were undefiled and pure as snow, vigorous and strong, glowing with health. 8 Now they lie unknown in the streets, their faces blackened in death; their skin, dry as wood, has shriveled on their bones. 9 Those who died in the war were better off than those who died later, who starved slowly to death, with no food to keep them alive. 10 The disaster that came to my people brought horror; loving mothers boiled their own children for food.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord: Lamentations 4:22, Lamentations 2:8, Lamentations 2:17, Deuteronomy 32:21-25, Jeremiah 6:11, Jeremiah 6:12, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 9:9-11, Jeremiah 13:14, Jeremiah 14:15, Jeremiah 14:16, Jeremiah 15:1-4, Jeremiah 19:3-11, Jeremiah 23:19, Jeremiah 23:20, Jeremiah 24:8-10, Ezekiel 20:47, Ezekiel 20:48, Ezekiel 22:31, Daniel 9:12, Zechariah 1:6, Luke 21:22

kindled: Deuteronomy 32:22, Jeremiah 21:14

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 11:5 - the castle 2 Chronicles 34:25 - my wrath Psalms 78:49 - cast Isaiah 59:18 - fury Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 21:12 - lest Jeremiah 32:29 - and set Jeremiah 36:7 - for Jeremiah 42:18 - As mine Ezekiel 5:13 - shall mine Ezekiel 6:12 - thus Ezekiel 7:8 - pour Ezekiel 20:21 - accomplish Ezekiel 30:8 - when I Ezekiel 36:18 - I poured Nahum 1:2 - is furious Nahum 1:6 - his fury Zephaniah 2:2 - before the fierce

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live.
Genesis 4:14
You are driving me off the land and away from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
But the Lord answered, "No. If anyone kills you, seven lives will be taken in revenge." So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who met him not to kill him.
Genesis 4:16
And Cain went away from the Lord 's presence and lived in a land called "Wandering," which is east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
Lamech had two wives, Adah and Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the ancestor of those who raise livestock and live in tents.
Genesis 4:21
His brother was Jubal, the ancestor of all musicians who play the harp and the flute.
Genesis 4:26
Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. It was then that people began using the Lord 's holy name in worship.
Job 16:18
O Earth, don't hide the wrongs done to me! Don't let my call for justice be silenced!
Isaiah 26:21
The Lord is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord hath accomplished his fury,.... Which rose up in his mind, and which he purposed in himself to bring upon the sinful people of the Jews:

he hath poured out his fierce anger; the vials of his wrath in great abundance, even all he meant to pour out upon them:

and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof: not in the strong hold of Zion only, but in the whole city of Jerusalem, which was set on fire by the Chaldeans, as instruments, according to the will of God; and which not only consumed the houses of it, but even the foundations of them; so that it looked as if there was no hope of its ever being rebuilt. Aben Ezra interprets this fire of the famine.


 
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