Lamentations 2:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.

Young's Literal Translation
Devised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He hath not turned His hand from destroying, And He causeth bulwark and wall to mourn, Together—they have been weak.

King James Bible
The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

Hebrew
The LORD
יְהוָ֤ה ׀ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

determined
חָשַׁ֨ב (ḥā·šaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2803: To think, account

to destroy
לְהַשְׁחִית֙ (lə·haš·ḥîṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

the wall
חוֹמַ֣ת (ḥō·w·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

of the Daughter
בַּת־ (baṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1323: A daughter

of Zion.
צִיּ֔וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem

He stretched out
נָ֣טָה (nā·ṭāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

a measuring line
קָ֔ו (qāw)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6957: A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord

and did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

withdraw
הֵשִׁ֥יב (hê·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

His hand
יָד֖וֹ (yā·ḏōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

from destroying.
מִבַּלֵּ֑עַ (mib·bal·lê·a‘)
Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf

He made the ramparts
חֵ֥ל (ḥêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2426: An army, an intrenchment

and walls
וְחוֹמָ֖ה (wə·ḥō·w·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

lament;
וַיַּֽאֲבֶל־ (way·ya·’ă·ḇel-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 56: To bewail

together
יַחְדָּ֥ו (yaḥ·dāw)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

they waste away.
אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃ (’um·lā·lū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 535: To droop, to be sick, to mourn

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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