Study it in the app“How Adonai in his anger covers with a cloud the daughter of Zion! He has thrown down from the heavens to the earth the beauty of Israel, and has not remembered the footstool of his feet in the day of his anger.”
HowאֵיכָהAdonaiאֲדֹנָיin his angerבְּאַפּוֹcovers with a cloudיָעִיבthe daughterבַּתof Zion!צִיּוֹןHe has thrown downהִשְׁלִיךְfrom the heavensמִשָּׁמַיִםto the earthאֶרֶץthe beautyתִּפְאֶרֶתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand has notוְלֹאrememberedזָכַרthe footstoolהֲדֹםof his feetרַגְלָיוin the dayבְּיוֹםof his anger.אַפּוֹ
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsanger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appearscover with cloud, darken
To cover with a cloud, to darken.
Where else “yaiv” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “hishlich” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “erets” appearsbeauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tiferet” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsremember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zachar” appearsfootstool
Footstool: a low stool on which the feet of someone seated rest. The Bible uses it as an image: the ark, the temple, or the earth is God's "footstool," that is, the place where his throne touches the earth.
Where else “hadom” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsZion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
1 · This verse (above)
2Adonai has swallowed up and has not pitied all the pastures of Jacob; he has torn down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought them down to the ground; he has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
