Lamentations 4:12
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Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 29:24
And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?

Jeremiah 21:13
Behold I come to thee that dwellest in a valley upon a rock above a plain, saith the Lord: and you say: Who shall strike us and who shall enter into our houses?

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Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 29:24-28 And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath? . . .

1 Kings 9:8,9 And this house shall be made an example of: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and shall hiss, and say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house? . . .

Psalm 48:4-6 For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together. . . .

Context
The Distress of Zion
11Caph. 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. 12Lamed. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed, that the adversary and the enemy should enter in by the gates of Jerusalem.13Mem. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.…
Lexicon
The kings
מַלְכֵי־ (mal·ḵê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

of the earth
אֶ֔רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

did not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

believe,
הֶאֱמִ֙ינוּ֙ (he·’ĕ·mî·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 539: To confirm, support

nor any
כֹּ֖ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

people
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י (yō·šə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

of the world,
תֵבֵ֑ל (ṯê·ḇêl)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8398: The earth, the globe, its inhabitants, a particular land

that
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

an enemy
צַ֣ר (ṣar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

or a foe
וְאוֹיֵ֔ב (wə·’ō·w·yêḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 341: Hating, an adversary

could enter
יָבֹא֙ (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the gates
בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֖י (bə·ša·‘ă·rê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

of Jerusalem.
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel


Additional Translations
The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

LAMED. The kings of the earth, even all that dwell in the world, believed not that an enemy and oppressor would enter through the gates of Jerusalem.

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy should enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy would have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

The kings of the earth didn't believe, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.
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