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Lamentations 2:13

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?

KJV

Cui comparabo te, vel cui assimilabo te, filia Jerusalem ? cui exæquabo te, et consolabor te, virgo, filia Sion ? magna est enim velut mare contritio tua : quis medebitur tui ?

Vulgate

Μήμ. Τί μαρτυρήσω σοι ἢ τί ὁμοιώσω σοι, θύγατερ Ἰερουσαλήμ; τίς σώσει καὶ παρακαλέσει σε, παρθένος θύγατερ Σειών; ὅτι ἐμεγαλύνθη ποτήριον συντριβῆς σου· τίς ἰάσεταί σε;

LXX

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?

ASV

מָֽה אֲעִידֵ֞/ךְ מָ֣ה אֲדַמֶּה לָּ֗/ךְ הַ/בַּת֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם מָ֤ה אַשְׁוֶה לָּ/ךְ֙ וַ/אֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔/ךְ בְּתוּלַ֖ת בַּת צִיּ֑וֹן כִּֽי גָד֥וֹל כַּ/יָּ֛ם שִׁבְרֵ֖/ךְ מִ֥י יִרְפָּא לָֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָעִ֣ידָה
''ydh
verb · 44×
בְּתוּלַ֖ת
btvlt
noun · 50×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
ה
h
noun · 393×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 69×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
שֶׁ֖בֶר
shbr
noun · 44×
שֹׁוֶ֖ה
shvh
verb · 21×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 19:21 — This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • 2Sam 5:20 — 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 Baalper
  • Dan 9:12 — 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 upo
  • Ezek 13:5 — Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
  • Isa 30:26 — Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people,
  • Isa 37:22 — This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
  • Jer 8:22 — Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
  • Jer 14:17 — 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 g
  • Jer 14:17 — 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 g
  • Jer 30:12 — For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
  • Jer 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
  • Lam 1:12 — 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.
  • Mark 4:30 — And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
  • Matt 11:16 — But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
  • Nah 3:7 — And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?