Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
because of the hill of Zion that is destroyed: Insomuch that the foxes run upon it.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Holman Bible
and has jackals prowling in it.
International Standard Version
Because Mount Zion is desolate; foxes roam around it.
A Conservative Version
for the mountain of Zion, which is desolate. The foxes walk upon it.
American Standard Version
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.
Amplified
As for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,
Foxes and the jackals prowl over it.
Bible in Basic English
Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.
Darby Translation
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: foxes walk over it.
Julia Smith Translation
For mount Zion was laid waste, the foxes went upon it.
King James 2000
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, {foxes tread on it}.
Modern King James verseion
On the mountain of Zion is laid waste, the foxes walk on it.
NET Bible
For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.
New Heart English Bible
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate; the foxes walk on it.
The Emphasized Bible
Because of Mount Zion, which is desolate, jackals, have gone prowling therein.
Webster
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
World English Bible
For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.
Youngs Literal Translation
For the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
Interlinear
Shamem
Word Count of 20 Translations in Lamentations 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Request For Mercy
17 Therefore our heart is full of heaviness, and our eyes dim: 18 because of the hill of Zion that is destroyed: Insomuch that the foxes run upon it. 19 But thou, O LORD, that remainest for evermore, and thy seat, world without end:
Names
Cross References
Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion, for your sakes, be plowed like a field: Jerusalem shall become a heap of stones, and the hill of the temple shall be turned to a high wood.
1 Kings 9:7-8
then I will weed Israel out of the land which I have given them. And this house which I have hallowed for my name, I will put out of my sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a fable unto all nations.
Psalm 74:2-3
O think upon thy congregation, whom thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old; the staff of thine inheritance, whom thou hast redeemed, even this hill of Zion wherein thou dwellest.
Isaiah 32:13-14
My people's field shall bring thorns and thistles, for in every house is voluptuousness; and in the cities, willfulness.
Jeremiah 9:11
I will make Jerusalem also a heap of stones, and a den of venomous worms. And I will make the cities of Judah so waste, that no man shall dwell therein."
Jeremiah 17:3
Wherefore, I will make all your substance and treasure be spoiled, for the great sin that ye have done upon your high places throughout all the coasts of your land.
Jeremiah 26:9
How darest thou be so bold, as to say in the name of the LORD, 'It shall happen to this house as it did unto Shiloh? And this city shall be so waste, that no man shall dwell therein?'"
Jeremiah 52:13
and burnt up the house of the LORD. He burnt up also the king's palace, all the houses, and all the gorgeous buildings in Jerusalem.
Lamentations 2:8-9
{Khet} The LORD thought to break down the walls of the daughter Zion; he spread out his line, and drew not in his hand, till he had destroyed them. Therefore mourn the turrets and the broken walls together.