Jeremiæ 2:4

Nova Vulgata

DALETH. Tetendit arcum suum quasi inimicus, firmavit dexteram suam quasi hostis et occidit omne, quod pulchrum erat visu, in tabernaculo filiae Sion; effudit quasi ignem indignationem suam.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Audite verbum Domini, domus Jacob, et omnes cognationes domus Isra�l.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Tetendit arcum suum quasi inimicus,
firmavit dexteram suam quasi hostis,
et occidit omne quod pulchrum erat visu
in tabernaculo fili� Sion;
effudit quasi ignem
indignationem suam.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bent: Lamentations 2:5, Lamentations 3:3, Lamentations 3:12, Lamentations 3:13, Job 6:4, Job 16:12-14, Isaiah 63:10, Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 30:14

that were pleasant to the eye: Heb. the desirable of the eye, Ezekiel 24:25

he poured: Lamentations 4:1, 2 Chronicles 34:21, 2 Chronicles 34:25, Isaiah 42:25, Isaiah 51:17-20, Isaiah 63:6, Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 21:12, Jeremiah 36:7, Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 6:12, Ezekiel 22:22, Ezekiel 36:18, Nahum 1:2, Nahum 1:6

Reciprocal: Numbers 22:22 - stood Isaiah 28:7 - err in Isaiah 64:10 - General Jeremiah 6:12 - I will Jeremiah 10:20 - tabernacle Jeremiah 42:18 - As mine Lamentations 1:13 - above Ezekiel 7:8 - pour Ezekiel 9:7 - General Ezekiel 20:33 - surely Habakkuk 3:9 - bow

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He hath bent his bow like an enemy,.... God sometimes appears as if he was an enemy to his people, when he is not, by his conduct and behaviour; by the dispensations of his providence they take him to be so, as Job did, Job 16:9; he bends his bow, or treads it, for the bending or stretching the bow was done by the foot; and as the Targum,

"and threw his arrows at me:''

he stood with his right hand as an adversary; with arrows in it, to put into his bow or with his sword drawn, as an adversary does. The Targum is,

"he stood at the right hand of Nebuchadnezzar and helped him, when he distressed his people Israel:''

and slew all [that were] pleasant to the eye; princes and priests, husbands and wives, parents and children, young men and maids; desirable to their friends and relations, and to the commonwealth:

in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion he poured out his fury like fire; that is, either in the temple, or in the city of Jerusalem, or both, which were burnt with fire, as the effect of divine wrath and fury; and which itself is comparable to fire; like a burning lamp of fire, as the Targum; or rather like a burning furnace or mountain; see Nahum 1:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He stood with his right hand ... - i. e. that right hand so often stretched out to help now grasped a weapon ready for Judah’s destruction.

Were pleasant - Or, was “pleasant.” Put full stop after “eye.” Begin the third distich thus:

In the tabernacle - (or, tent) of the daughter of Zion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Lamentations 2:4. He hath bent his bow - he stood with his right hand — This is the attitude of the archer. He first bends his bow; then sets his arrow upon the string; and, lastly, placing his right hand on the lower end of the arrow, in connexion with the string, takes his aim, and prepares to let fly.