Verse Lens · Context pointer
Lamentations 2:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
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Role in This Section
This verse describes a measured purpose against Zion's wall until rampart and wall languish together.
Read It With
- Lamentations 2:6-9
Read Lamentations 2:8 with 2:6-9. This verse describes a measured purpose against Zion's wall until rampart and wall languish together. The complete unit establishes this movement: The catastrophe dismantles sacred calendar, sanctuary, political rule, civic defenses, Torah access, and prophetic vision; enemy noise occupies the space once filled by festival assembly.
Why It Needs Context
This verse describes a measured purpose against Zion's wall until rampart and wall languish together. Its contribution depends on Lamentations 2:6-9; extracting independent teaching would detach one poetic line from the alphabet stanza and complete lament movement.
Continue in Context
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Read Lamentations 2:6-9 — Worship, Walls, Monarchy, Law, and Vision CollapseSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed Scripture, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and canonical verse coverage.
Exact location: Lamentations 2:6-9, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Lamentations
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, alphabet sequence, person and number, repeated vocabulary, and translation questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lam.xml, OSIS Lam.2.6-Lam.2.9
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