Lamentations 5:18
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
KJV
propter montem Sion quia disperiit ; vulpes ambulaverunt in eo.
Vulgate
ἐπ’ ὄρος Σειών, ὅτι ἠφανίσθη, ἀλώπεκες διῆλθον ἐν αὐτῇ.
LXX
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.
ASV
עַ֤ל הַר צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁ/שָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ בֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙
nshmv
verb · 86×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
שֻׁעָלִ֖ים
sh'lym
noun · 6×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 9:17 — Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- Jer 9:11 — And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
- Judg 15:4 — And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
- Luke 21:6 — As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Mic 3:12 — Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.