New International Version (NIV)
22“As you summon to a feast day,
so you summoned against me terrors on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
no one escaped or survived;
those I cared for and reared
my enemy has destroyed.”
Lamentations 2:22
Lamentations 2:22 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
22“You called as on the day of an appointed feast
My terrors on every side;
And there was no one who survived or escaped
On the day of the Lord’s anger.
As for those whom I brought forth healthy and whom I raised,
My enemy annihilated them.”
Amplified Bible (AMP)
22You [Lord] called as in the day of an appointed feast
My terrors (dangers) on every side;
And there was no one who escaped or survived
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Those I have cared for and brought up with tenderness,
My enemy annihilated them.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
22You summoned my terrors on every side,
as for the day of an appointed feast.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
no one escaped or survived;
my enemy has destroyed
those I nurtured and reared.
American Standard Version (ASV)
22Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side;
And there was none that escaped or remained in the day of Jehovah’s anger:
Those that I have dandled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
22Thou hast called as in a solemne daye my terrours rounde about, so that in the day of the Lordes wrath none escaped nor remained: those that I haue nourished and brought vp, hath mine enemie consumed.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
22“You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side.
There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
22“You sent for terrors to come against me on every side.
It was as if you were inviting people to enjoy a feast day.
Because you were angry, no one escaped.
No one was left alive.
I took good care of my children and brought them up.
But my enemies have destroyed them.”
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
22You called our enemies to come for a feast!
They attacked us from all around.
At that time of your great anger,
nobody could escape and save their lives.
Our enemies have destroyed our own children,
the children that we gave birth to and we took care of.’
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
22You call as [at] a day of appointment, || My fears from all around, || And there has not been in the day of the anger of YHWH, || An escaped and remaining one, || They whom I stretched out and nourished, || My enemy has consumed!