Lamentations 5:18

In 11 translations

BSB

because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

KJV

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

WEB

for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk on it.

ASV

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

LSV

For the Mount of Zion—that is desolate, || Foxes have gone up on it.

YLT

For the mount of Zion — that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

DBY

Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.

DRC

For mount Sion, because it is destroyed, foxes have walked upon it.

GNV

Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.

JPS

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

LXXE

Over the mountain of Sion, because it is made desolate, foxes have walked therein.

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WLC

עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπʼ ὄρος Σιὼν, ὅτι ἠφανίσθη, ἀλώπεκες διῆλθον ἐν αὐτῇ.

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• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
• Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
• Isaiah 32:13–14and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry. For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will…
• Jeremiah 26:9How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
• Jeremiah 17:3O My mountain in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures as plunder, because of the sin of your high places, within all your borders.
• Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
• 1 Kings 9:7–8then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.…
• Lamentations 2:8–9The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away. Her…
• Psalms 74:2–3Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell. Turn Your steps to the everlasting ruins, to everything in the sanctuary the enemy has…

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