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Lamentations 2:18

The 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.

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ASV

Their heart cried unto the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

KJV

Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
צָעַ֥קtza.'Akit has cried outH6817 →
לִבָּ֖םli.Bamheart theirH3820 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אֲדֹנָ֑י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
חוֹמַ֣תcho.MatO wall ofH2346 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
צִ֠יּוֹןTzi.yonZionH6726 →
הוֹרִ֨ידִיho.Ri.disend downH3381 →
כַנַּ֤חַלkha.Na.challike <the> riverH5158 →
דִּמְעָה֙dim.'Ahtear[s]H1832 →
יוֹמָ֣םyo.Mamby dayH3119 →
וָלַ֔יְלָהva.Lay.lahand nightH3915 →
אַֽל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּתְּנִ֤יti.te.Niyou giveH5414 →
פוּגַת֙fu.GatrestH6314 →
לָ֔ךְLakhto yourself
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תִּדֹּ֖םti.Domit be stillH1826 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
עֵינֵֽךְ׃ ס'ei.Nekheye yourH5869 →

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Psalms 119:145I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.Lamentations 3:48–49Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the 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.Psalms 119:136My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.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 2:8The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.Hosea 7:14They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.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 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.Habakkuk 2:11For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.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.Isaiah 26:16–17O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.Jeremiah 9:17–18This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.Jeremiah 4:31For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”Jeremiah 9:18Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

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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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