yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}; a dual (in
allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of
the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from
(the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful;
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of
Palestine:--Jerusalem.
see Hebrew for [03390]
see Hebrew for [03384]
see Hebrew for [07999]
Jerusalem [03389] remembered [02142] in the days [03117] of her affliction [06040] and of her miseries [04788] all her pleasant things [04262] that she had in the days [03117] of old [06924], when her people [05971] fell [05307] into the hand [03027] of the enemy [06862], and none did help [05826] her: the adversaries [06862] saw [07200] her, and did mock [07832] at her sabbaths [04868].pleasant: or, desirable
Jerusalem [03389] hath grievously [02399] sinned [02398]; therefore she is removed [05206]: all that honoured [03513] her despise [02107] her, because they have seen [07200] her nakedness [06172]: yea, she sigheth [0584], and turneth [07725] backward [0268].is…: Heb. is become a removing, or, wandering
Zion [06726] spreadeth forth [06566] her hands [03027], and there is none to comfort [05162] her: the Lord [03068] hath commanded [06680] concerning Jacob [03290], that his adversaries [06862] should be round about [05439] him: Jerusalem [03389] is as a menstruous woman [05079] among them.
The elders [02205] of the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726] sit [03427] upon the ground [0776], and keep silence [01826]: they have cast up [05927] dust [06083] upon their heads [07218]; they have girded [02296] themselves with sackcloth [08242]: the virgins [01330] of Jerusalem [03389] hang down [03381] their heads [07218] to the ground [0776].
What thing shall I take to witness [05749] [05749] for thee? what thing [04100] shall I liken [01819] to thee, O daughter [01323] of Jerusalem [03389]? what shall I equal [07737] to thee, that I may comfort [05162] thee, O virgin [01330] daughter [01323] of Zion [06726]? for thy breach [07667] is great [01419] like the sea [03220]: who can heal [07495] thee?
All that pass [05674] by clap [05606] their hands [03709] at thee [01870]; they hiss [08319] and wag [05128] their head [07218] at the daughter [01323] of Jerusalem [03389], saying, Is this the city [05892] that men call [0559] The perfection [03632] of beauty [03308], The joy [04885] of the whole earth [0776]?by: Heb. by the way
The kings [04428] of the earth [0776], and all the inhabitants [03427] of the world [08398], would not have believed [0539] that the adversary [06862] and the enemy [0341] should have entered [0935] into the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389].