Lamentations 2:19
in Lamentations 2Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.
KJV
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
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This verse in Lamentations 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseArise, cry out in the night,.... That is, O daughter of Zion, or congregation of Israel, as the Targum; who are addressed and called upon by the prophet to arise from their beds, and shake off their sleep, and sloth, and stupidity, and cry to God in the night season; and be earnest and importunate with him for help and assistance.
This site's exposition
Their heart cried unto the Lord
on Lamentations 2:18-19
Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, is addressed as much to the reader as to the wall itself, an instruction to let tears run down like a river day and night rather than seek a quicker comfort. Arise, cry out in the night, pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord, gives grief a discipline of its own, prayer in the watches rather than despair without an object. The last plea in the unit names exactly who the prayer is for, the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street, the famine's victims kept in view rather than left as background.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In - (or at) the beginning of the watches “At the beginning of each night-watch” means all the night through. The Hebrews divided the night into three watches.
The words behind it
22 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ק֣וּמִי׀ | kumi | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| רֹ֣נִּי | roni | cry out | H7442 → | |
| בַלַּ֗יְלָה | valayil | in the night | H3915 → | 233 times |
| לְרֹאשׁ֙ | lerosh | to [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| אַשְׁמֻר֔וֹת | ʾashmurot | [the] night-watches | H821 → | |
| שִׁפְכִ֤י | shifkhi | pour out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| כַמַּ֙יִם֙ | khamayim | like <the> water | H4325 → | 581 times |
| לִבֵּ֔ךְ | libekh | heart your | H3820 → | 595 times |
| נֹ֖כַח | nokhach | before | H5227 → | |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] presence of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֑י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| שְׂאִ֧י | sei | lift up | H5375 → | 656 times |
| אֵלָ֣יו | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כַּפַּ֗יִךְ | kapayikh | hands your | H3709 → | 192 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ | nefesh | [the] life | H5315 → | 754 times |
| עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְ | olalayikh | children your | H5768 → | 20 times |
| הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים | haatufim | the ones enfeebled | H5848 → | 15 times |
| בְּרָעָ֖ב | beraav | by hunger | H7458 → | 101 times |
| בְּרֹ֥אשׁ | berosh | at [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חוּצֽוֹת׃ ס | chutzot | [the] streets | H2351 → | 164 times |
ק֣וּמִי׀arise
kumiH6965 →628 times
רֹ֣נִּיcry out
roniH7442 →
בַלַּ֗יְלָהin the night
valayilH3915 →233 times
לְרֹאשׁ֙to [the] head of
leroshH7218 →599 times
אַשְׁמֻר֔וֹת[the] night-watches
ʾashmurotH821 →
שִׁפְכִ֤יpour out
shifkhiH8210 →114 times
כַמַּ֙יִם֙like <the> water
khamayimH4325 →581 times
לִבֵּ֔ךְheart your
libekhH3820 →595 times
נֹ֖כַחbefore
nokhachH5227 →
פְּנֵ֣י[the] presence of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
אֲדֹנָ֑י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
שְׂאִ֧יlift up
seiH5375 →656 times
אֵלָ֣יוto him
ʾelavH413 →5510 times
כַּפַּ֗יִךְhands your
kapayikhH3709 →192 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙[the] life
nefeshH5315 →754 times
עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְchildren your
olalayikhH5768 →20 times
הָעֲטוּפִ֥יםthe ones enfeebled
haatufimH5848 →15 times
בְּרָעָ֖בby hunger
beraavH7458 →101 times
בְּרֹ֥אשׁat [the] head of
beroshH7218 →599 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חוּצֽוֹת׃ ס[the] streets
chutzotH2351 →164 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
it leads to
- Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Psalms 142:2
I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- 1 Samuel 1:15
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- Psalms 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Philippians 4:6
Through
Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
it leads to
- Luke 6:12
In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
- Luke 5:16
Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
- Luke 22:39–46
Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
- Luke 6:12
Where this verse is studied
1 study on this verseAbout Lamentations
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Lamentations; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.