Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsMine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.
- Author
- Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
- Date
- Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC