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With what can I compare you, Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? <a href="/nlt/lamentations/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> What can I say about you? Who has ever seen such sorrow? O daughter of Jerusalem, to what can I compare your anguish? O virgin daughter of Zion, how can I comfort you? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? <a href="/esv/lamentations/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you? <a href="/bsb/lamentations/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you? <a href="/kjv/lamentations/2.htm">King James Bible</a> What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? <a href="/nkjv/lamentations/2.htm">New King James Version</a> How shall I console you? To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; Who can heal you? <a href="/nasb_/lamentations/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> How shall I admonish you? What shall I compare to you, Daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I liken to you as I comfort you, Virgin daughter of Zion? For your collapse is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you? <a href="/nasb/lamentations/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> How shall I admonish you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you? <a href="/nasb77/lamentations/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> How shall I admonish you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you? <a href="/lsb/lamentations/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> What shall I testify about you? To what shall I equate you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your destruction is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you? <a href="/amp/lamentations/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> How shall I console you? To what shall I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? With what shall I compare you, so that I may comfort you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you? <a href="/csb/lamentations/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you? <a href="/hcsb/lamentations/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you? <a href="/asv/lamentations/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? <a href="/cev/lamentations/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Zion, how can I comfort you? How great is your pain? Lovely city of Jerusalem, how can I heal your wounds, gaping as wide as the sea? <a href="/erv/lamentations/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? <a href="/gwt/lamentations/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "What example can I give you? What parallel can I show you, people of Jerusalem? What comparison can I make that will comfort you, beloved people of Zion? Your wounds are as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? <a href="/gnt/lamentations/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> O Jerusalem, beloved Jerusalem, what can I say? How can I comfort you? No one has ever suffered like this. Your disaster is boundless as the ocean; there is no possible hope. <a href="/isv/lamentations/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> What can be said about you? To what should you be compared, fair Jerusalem? To what may I liken you, so I may comfort you, fair one of Zion? Indeed, your wound is as deep as the sea— who can heal you? <a href="/msb/lamentations/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you? <a href="/net/lamentations/2.htm">NET Bible</a> With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? <a href="/nheb/lamentations/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> What shall I testify of you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is great like the sea. Who can heal you? <a href="/wbt/lamentations/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? <a href="/web/lamentations/2.htm">World English Bible</a> What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/lamentations/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> What do I testify [to] you, what do I liken to you, "" O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to you, and I comfort you, "" O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea [is] your breach, "" Who gives healing to you? <a href="/ylt/lamentations/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> What do I testify to thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea is thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee? <a href="/slt/lamentations/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> What shall I testify for thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for great as the sea thy breaking: who shall heal for thee?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/lamentations/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Mem. To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee? <a href="/cpdv/lamentations/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> MEM. To what shall I compare you, or to what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I equate you, so as to console you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your destruction is as great as the sea. Who will cure you? <a href="/nabre/lamentations/2.htm">New American Bible</a> To what can I compare you —to what can I liken you— O daughter Jerusalem? What example can I give in order to comfort you, virgin daughter Zion? For your breach is vast as the sea; who could heal you? <a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> What thing shall I testify for you, and to whom shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? Whom can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea; who can stop it? <a href="/hpbt/lamentations/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Mem What shall I testify to you, and to whom shall I liken you, daughter of Jerusalem? With whom shall I compare you and comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion, for your breach is great as the sea? Who shall close it up?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/lamentations/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> What shall I take to witness for thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; Who can heal thee? <a href="/sep/lamentations/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> MEM. What shall I testify to thee, or what shall I compare to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? who shall save and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for the cup of thy destruction is enlarged: who shall heal thee? <a href="/parallel/lamentations/2-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=531" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/lamentations/2.htm">God's Anger over Jerusalem</a> …12They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. 13<a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">What</a> <a href="/hebrew/5749.htm" title="5749: ’ă·‘î·ḏêḵ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 2fs) -- A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify; intensively, to encompass, restore.">can I say for you?</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">To</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/1819.htm" title="1819: ’ă·ḏam·meh- (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To be like, resemble. A primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider.">can I compare you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: hab·baṯ (Art:: N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">O Daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem?</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">To</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: māh (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">what</a> <a href="/hebrew/7737.htm" title="7737: ’aš·weh- (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to level, i.e. Equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust.">can I liken you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5162.htm" title="5162: wa·’ă·na·ḥă·mêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf.h-1cs:: 2fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. Breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. to pity, console or rue; or to avenge.">that I may console you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1330.htm" title="1330: bə·ṯū·laṯ (N-fsc) -- Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin; sometimes a bride; also a city or state.">O Virgin</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">Daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6726.htm" title="6726: ṣî·yō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A mountain in Jer., also a name for Jer. The same as tsiyuwn; Tsijon, a mountain of Jerusalem.">of Zion?</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/7667.htm" title="7667: šiḇ·rêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Or sheber; from shabar; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution.">your wound</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: ḡā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">is as deep</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: kay·yām (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">as the sea.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: yir·pā- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">can ever heal</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">you?</a> 14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17</a> You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound. <a href="/isaiah/51-19.htm">Isaiah 51:19</a> These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you? <a href="/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12-15</a> For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous. / There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you. / All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins. ... <a href="/ezekiel/24-21.htm">Ezekiel 24:21-23</a> Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’ / Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners. / Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves. <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Isaiah 1:5-6</a> Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. <a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a> Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people. <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Jeremiah 4:19-20</a> My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle. / Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment. <a href="/hosea/6-1.htm">Hosea 6:1</a> Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. <a href="/micah/1-9.htm">Micah 1:9</a> For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself. <a href="/isaiah/40-1.htm">Isaiah 40:1-2</a> “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God. / “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.” <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... <a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7-8</a> As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.” <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a> Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” <a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</a> Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>What thing shall I take to witness for you? what thing shall I liken to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you?shall I take<a href="/lamentations/1-12.htm">Lamentations 1:12</a> Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.<a href="/daniel/9-12.htm">Daniel 9:12</a> And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.for<a href="/2_samuel/5-20.htm">2 Samuel 5:20</a> And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.<a href="/psalms/60-2.htm">Psalm 60:2</a> Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.<a href="/jeremiah/14-17.htm">Jeremiah 14:17</a> Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.who can<a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm">Jeremiah 8:22</a> Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?<a href="/jeremiah/30-12.htm">Jeremiah 30:12-15</a> For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous… <a href="/jeremiah/51-8.htm">Jeremiah 51:8,9</a> Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/81-8.htm">Admonish</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-21.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-5.htm">Compare</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-5.htm">Comparison</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-5.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-13.htm">Example</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-6.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-5.htm">Liken</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-19.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-13.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-20.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-10.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-18.htm">Vast</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-15.htm">Virgin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-5.htm">Witness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-15.htm">Wound</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-10.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/20-31.htm">Admonish</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-48.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-13.htm">Comfort</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-8.htm">Compare</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-2.htm">Comparison</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-5.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-15.htm">Example</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-7.htm">Great</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-21.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-2.htm">Liken</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-47.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-3.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/hosea/5-5.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-10.htm">Vast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Virgin</a> <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Witness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Wound</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-18.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Lamentations 2</div>1. <a href="/lamentations/2-1.htm">Jeremiah laments the misery of Jerusalem</a> 20. <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">He complains thereof to God</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/lamentations/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/lamentations/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/lamentations/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>What can I say for you? This phrase reflects the prophet Jeremiah's deep sorrow and empathy for Jerusalem. It indicates a moment of profound grief where words seem inadequate. Jeremiah, known as the "weeping prophet," often expressed his lament for the people of Judah, who faced the consequences of their disobedience to God. This rhetorical question underscores the depth of the city's suffering and the prophet's struggle to find words of comfort.To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? Jerusalem is personified as a daughter, emphasizing the intimate relationship between God and His chosen city. The use of "Daughter of Jerusalem" highlights the city's vulnerability and cherished status. The comparison suggests that Jerusalem's suffering is unparalleled, echoing the unique role the city played in biblical history as the center of worship and the location of the Temple.To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? The term "Virgin Daughter of Zion" signifies purity and a special status before God, yet it also highlights the tragic fall from grace due to sin and idolatry. The prophet's search for a comparison to console Jerusalem indicates the magnitude of the city's devastation. Zion, often synonymous with Jerusalem, is central to biblical prophecy and eschatology, symbolizing God's eternal kingdom.For your wound is as deep as the sea. This metaphor illustrates the vastness and severity of Jerusalem's suffering. The sea, often representing chaos and depth in biblical literature, conveys the overwhelming nature of the city's affliction. Historically, the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon in 586 BC was catastrophic, leading to exile and loss. The imagery of a deep wound also points to the spiritual and moral decay that led to this judgment.Who can ever heal you? The rhetorical question emphasizes the hopelessness of the situation from a human perspective. It points to the need for divine intervention, as only God can truly heal and restore. This echoes the broader biblical theme of redemption and the promise of restoration through the Messiah. The question invites reflection on the ultimate healing found in Jesus Christ, who offers salvation and restoration to all who believe.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/daughter_of_jerusalem.htm">Daughter of Jerusalem</a> A poetic term referring to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, often used to personify the city itself. 2. <a href="/topical/v/virgin_daughter_of_zion.htm">Virgin Daughter of Zion</a> Another term for Jerusalem, emphasizing purity and the city's special status before God. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> Traditionally considered the author of Lamentations, a prophet who witnessed the destruction of Jerusalem. 4. <a href="/topical/b/babylonian_siege.htm">Babylonian Siege</a> The historical event leading to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, which is the backdrop of Lamentations. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_wound.htm">The Wound</a> Symbolic of the deep suffering and devastation experienced by Jerusalem due to the Babylonian conquest.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_depth_of_sin's_consequences.htm">The Depth of Sin's Consequences</a> The "wound as deep as the sea" illustrates the profound impact of sin and disobedience. Recognize the seriousness of sin in our lives and its potential to cause deep spiritual and emotional wounds. <a href="/topical/t/the_inadequacy_of_human_comfort.htm">The Inadequacy of Human Comfort</a> The rhetorical questions highlight the inability of human efforts to provide true comfort and healing. We must turn to God as the ultimate source of comfort and restoration. <a href="/topical/g/god's_compassionate_heart.htm">God's Compassionate Heart</a> Despite the severity of the judgment, God's heart is still moved with compassion for His people. This encourages us to seek His mercy and grace in times of distress. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_healing.htm">Hope for Healing</a> While the wound is deep, the question "Who can heal you?" points to God as the ultimate healer. Trust in God's power to heal and restore, no matter how deep the hurt. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> The devastation serves as a call to repentance and turning back to God. Reflect on areas in your life where repentance is needed and seek God's forgiveness and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 2</a> <a href="/q/who_was_thomas_in_the_bible.htm">What does 'bulwark' mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_psalm_102_lack_historical_context.htm">Why does Psalm 102 speak of Zion's restoration without any clear historical fulfillment during the time it was written?</a> <a href="/q/do_findings_match_lamentations_5_2's_ruin.htm">Lamentations 5:2 depicts a Jerusalem left desolate--do archaeological findings fully align with the extent of destruction described?</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_144's_prosperity_match_david's_era.htm">How does the prosperity promised in Psalm 144:12-14 align with available historical and archaeological evidence about David's reign?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) What thing shall I take to witness . . .--Practically the question is the same as that which follows, and implies that there was no parallel to the sufferings of Zion in the history of the past. Had there been, and had it been surmounted, it might have been cited in evidence, and some consolation might have been derived from it. As it was there was no such parallel, no such witness. Her "breach," i.e., her ruin, was illimitable as the ocean, and therefore irremediable.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - What thing shall I take to witness for thee? rather, What shall I testify unto thee? The nature, of the testifying may be gathered from the following words. It would be a comfort to Zion to know that her misfortune was not unparalleled: solamen miseris socios habuisse malorum. The expression is odd, however, and, comparing <a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm">Isaiah 40:18</a>, A. Krochmal has suggested, What shall I compare? The correction is easy. Equal; i.e. compare (comp. <a href="/isaiah/46-5.htm">Isaiah 46:5</a>) <a href="/commentaries/lamentations/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>What מָֽה־ (māh-) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what can I say for you? אֲעִידֵ֞ךְ (’ă·‘î·ḏêḵ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5749.htm">Strong's 5749: </a> To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore To לָּ֗ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> what מָ֣ה (māh) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what can I compare you, אֲדַמֶּה־ (’ă·ḏam·meh-) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1819.htm">Strong's 1819: </a> To compare, to resemble, liken, consider O daughter הַבַּת֙ (hab·baṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Jerusalem? יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel To לָּךְ֙ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> what מָ֤ה (māh) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what can I liken you, אַשְׁוֶה־ (’aš·weh-) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7737.htm">Strong's 7737: </a> To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust that I may console you, וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְ (wa·’ă·na·ḥă·mêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5162.htm">Strong's 5162: </a> To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge O virgin בְּתוּלַ֖ת (bə·ṯū·laṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1330.htm">Strong's 1330: </a> A virgin, sometimes, a bride Daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of Zion? צִיּ֑וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6726.htm">Strong's 6726: </a> Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction your wound שִׁבְרֵ֖ךְ (šiḇ·rêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7667.htm">Strong's 7667: </a> A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash is as deep גָד֥וֹל (ḡā·ḏō·wl) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent as the sea. כַּיָּ֛ם (kay·yām) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin Who מִ֥י (mî) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix can ever heal you? יִרְפָּא־ (yir·pā-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> To mend, to cure <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/lamentations/2-13.htm">Lamentations 2:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-13.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 2:13 What shall I testify to you? 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