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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.