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Lamentations 3:48

GriefDiscouragement and depression

46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.

47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction.

Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,

50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.

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BSB
Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
KJV
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
WEB
My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
ASV
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
DARBY
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
BLB
Streams of water run down my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people!
ÅB
Bekker av tårer rinner fra mitt øye fordi mitt folks datter er gått under.
OTB
Strømmer av tårer renner fra mine øyne på grunn av ødeleggelsen av min folkedatter.
B1930
Bekker av tårer rinner fra mitt øie fordi mitt folks datter er gått under.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:18

    Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

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  • Lamentations 2:11

    My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

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  • Jeremiah 9:1

    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

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  • Psalms 119:136

    My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

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  • Lamentations 1:16

    For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

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  • Jeremiah 13:17

    But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

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  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.

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  • Romans 9:1–3

    I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.

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