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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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ASV

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

KJV

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כָּל֨וּka.Luthey have failedH3615 →
בַדְּמָע֤וֹתva.de.ma.'otby <the> tearsH1832 →
עֵינַי֙'ei.Naieyes myH5869 →
חֳמַרְמְר֣וּcho.mar.me.Ruthey are in turmoilH2560 →
מֵעַ֔יme.'Aiinward parts myH4578 →
נִשְׁפַּ֤ךְnish.Pakhit has been poured outH8210 →
לָאָ֙רֶץ֙la.'A.retzto the groundH776 →
כְּבֵדִ֔יke.ve.Diliver myH3516 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שֶׁ֖בֶרShe.ver[the] brokenness ofH7667 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
עַמִּ֑י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ףbe.'a.Tefbecause faintH5848 →
עוֹלֵל֙o.LelchildH5768 →
וְיוֹנֵ֔קve.yo.Nekand suckling-childH3243 →
בִּרְחֹב֖וֹתbir.cho.Votin [the] open places ofH7339 →
קִרְיָֽה׃ סkir.Yaha townH7151 →

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Lamentations 1:20See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.Jeremiah 9:1Oh, 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.Lamentations 1:16For 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.Job 16:13His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.Jeremiah 4:19My 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.Job 30:27I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.Lamentations 3:48–51Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.Luke 23:29Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’Psalms 6:7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.Lamentations 2:19–20Arise, 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.Lamentations 4:9–10Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.Lamentations 4:3–4Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

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