21. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Lamentations 2:21:1 ⧉שָׁכְב֨וּshakhevuthey lie down Lamentations 2:21:2 ⧉לָאָ֤רֶץlaaretsto the ground Lamentations 2:21:3 ⧉חוּצוֹת֙khutsotstreets Lamentations 2:21:4 ⧉נַ֣עַרnaaryoung man or youth Lamentations 2:21:5 ⧉וְזָקֵ֔ןvezakenand old man Lamentations 2:21:6 ⧉בְּתוּלֹתַ֥יbetulotaimy young women or my virgins Lamentations 2:21:7 ⧉וּבַחוּרַ֖יuvakhuraiand my young men Lamentations 2:21:8 ⧉נָפְל֣וּnafeluhave fallen Lamentations 2:21:9 ⧉בֶחָ֑רֶבvekharevby the sword Lamentations 2:21:10 ⧉הָרַגְ֙תָּ֙haragtayou killed Lamentations 2:21:11 ⧉בְּי֣וֹםbeyomin the day of Lamentations 2:21:12 ⧉אַפֶּ֔ךָapekhayour anger Lamentations 2:21:13 ⧉טָבַ֖חְתָּtavakhetayou slaughtered Lamentations 2:21:14 ⧉לֹ֥אlonot Lamentations 2:21:15 ⧉חָמָֽלְתָּ׃סkhamaltayou had pity or you spared |
21. Formal Translation Young and old lie prostrate on the ground of the streets; my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; You {Yahweh, Executor of Wrath} have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered, not sparing. |
21. Dynamic Translation In the streets the young and the old lie dead; my girls and my young men were cut down by the sword. You {Yahweh, Avenger of Blood} killed them on Your day of anger, slaughtering them without mercy. |