Lamentations 2:3
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Ghimel. He hath broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath kindled in Jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round about.

the horn

Job 16:15 I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.

Psalm 75:5,10 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God. . . .

Psalm 89:24 And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalm 132:17 There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

Jeremiah 48:25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

Luke 1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of David his servant.

he hath

Psalm 74:11 Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?

he burned

Deuteronomy 32:22 A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to the lowest hell: and shall devour the earth with her increase, and shall burn the foundations of the mountains.

Psalm 79:5 How long, O Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever: shall thy zeal be kindled like a fire?

Psalm 89:46 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?

Isaiah 1:31 And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.

Isaiah 42:25 And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not.

Jeremiah 4:4 Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your hearts, ye men of Juda, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my indignation come forth like fire, and burn, and there be none that can quench it because of the wickedness of your thoughts.

Jeremiah 7:20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation is enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

Malachi 4:1 For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

Luke 3:17 Whose fan is in his hand: and he will purge his floor and will gather the wheat into his barn: but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

Context
God's Anger over Jerusalem
2Beth. The Lord hath cast down headlong, and hath not spared, all that was beautiful in Jacob: he hath destroyed in his wrath the strong holds of the virgin of Juda, and brought them down to the ground: he hath made the kingdom unclean, and the princes thereof. 3Ghimel. He hath broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath kindled in Jacob as it were a flaming fire devouring round about.4Daleth. He hath bent his bow as an enemy, he hath fixed his right hand as an adversary: and he hath killed all that was fair to behold in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion, he hath poured out his indignation like fire.…
Cross References
Psalm 74:11
Why dost thou turn away thy hand: and thy right hand out of the midst of thy bosom for ever?

Psalm 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not iniquity against God.

Psalm 75:10
And I will break all the horns of sinners: but the horns of the just shall be exalted.

Isaiah 42:25
And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him round about, and he knew not: and set him on fire, and he understood not.

Jeremiah 7:20
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold my wrath and my indignation is enkindled against this place, upon men and upon beasts, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruits of the land, and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 21:4
Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, and with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and the Chaldeans, that besiege you round about the walls: and I will gather them together in the midst of this city.

Jeremiah 21:5
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath.

Jeremiah 21:14
But I will visit upon you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof: and it shall devour all things round about it.

Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.

Lexicon
He has cut off
גָּדַ֣ע (gā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1438: To fell a, tree, to destroy anything

every
כֹּ֚ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

horn
קֶ֣רֶן (qe·ren)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7161: A horn, a flask, cornet, an elephant's tooth, a corner, a peak, a ray, power

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

in [His] fierce
בָּֽחֳרִי‪‬‪‬ (bā·ḥo·rî-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2750: A burning, anger

anger
אַ֗ף (’ap̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

and withdrawn
הֵשִׁ֥יב (hê·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

His right hand
יְמִינ֖וֹ (yə·mî·nōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3225: The right hand, side, the south

at the approach
מִפְּנֵ֣י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

of the enemy.
אוֹיֵ֑ב (’ō·w·yêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 341: Hating, an adversary

He has burned
וַיִּבְעַ֤ר (way·yiḇ·‘ar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

in Jacob
בְּיַעֲקֹב֙ (bə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

like a flaming
לֶֽהָבָ֔ה (le·hā·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3852: A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon

fire
כְּאֵ֣שׁ (kə·’êš)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

that consumes
אָכְלָ֖ה (’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

all around it.
סָבִֽיב׃ (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around


Additional Translations
He has cut off every horn of Israel in His fierce anger and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes all around it.He has cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours round about.

He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

GIMEL. He has broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he has turned back his right hand from the face of the enemy, and has kindled a flame in Jacob as a fire, and it has devoured all things round about.

He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath withdrawn his right hand from before the enemy; and he burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, devouring round about.

He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: and he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth on every side.

He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours all around.

He hath cut off in the heat of anger every horn of Israel, He hath turned backward His right hand From the face of the enemy, And He burneth against Jacob as a flaming fire, It hath devoured round about.
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