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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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ASV

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.

KJV

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
אֵ֣לֶּה׀'E.lehthese [things]H428 →
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589 →
בוֹכִיָּ֗הvo.khi.Yah[am] weepingH1058 →
עֵינִ֤י׀'ei.Nieye myH5869 →
עֵינִי֙'ei.Nieye myH5869 →
יֹ֣רְדָהYo.re.dah[is] going downH3381 →
מַּ֔יִםMa.yimwaterH4325 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
רָחַ֥קra.Chakhe is farH7368 →
מִמֶּ֛נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480 →
מְנַחֵ֖םme.na.Chema comforterH5162 →
מֵשִׁ֣יבme.Shiv[one who] restoresH7725 →
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shilife myH5315 →
הָי֤וּha.Yuthey areH1961 →
בָנַי֙va.Naichildren myH1121 →
שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔יםsho.me.MimdesolateH8074 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
גָבַ֖רga.Varhe has prevailedH1396 →
אוֹיֵֽב׃ ס'o.Yev[the] enemyH341 →

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Lamentations 1:2She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.John 11:35Jesus wept.Luke 13:34O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!Jeremiah 13:17But 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.Lamentations 2:18The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.Lamentations 3:48–49Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.Lamentations 2:11My 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.Lamentations 1:21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.Job 16:16My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.Lamentations 1:17Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.Lamentations 3:17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.Psalms 13:4lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.Joel 1:9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

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People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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