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?

What thing shall I take to witness {H5749}{H5749} for thee? what thing {H4100} shall I liken {H1819} to thee, O daughter {H1323} of Jerusalem {H3389}? what shall I equal {H7737} to thee, that I may comfort {H5162} thee, O virgin {H1330} daughter {H1323} of Zion {H6726}? for thy breach {H7667} is great {H1419} like the sea {H3220}: who can heal {H7495} thee?

What can be said to you, what can be compared with you, daughter of Yerushalayim? What example can I give to comfort you, virgin daughter of Tziyon? For your downfall is as vast as the sea; who can heal you?

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?

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?

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Cross-References

  • Lamentations 1:12 (6 votes)

    ¶ [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.

  • 2 Samuel 5:20 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Jeremiah 14:17 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Jeremiah 8:22 (3 votes)

    [Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

  • Jeremiah 30:12 (3 votes)

    For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is] incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous.

  • Jeremiah 30:15 (3 votes)

    Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow [is] incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: [because] thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

  • Isaiah 37:22 (2 votes)

    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.