Lamentations 3:49
in Lamentations 3My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
KJV
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
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This verse in Lamentations 3
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe compassion of the prophet is here exposed. First is the exterior lamentation: "My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite." Namely, crying: "without ceasing": from tears: "without respite": from tribulation for the people. For Jeremiah 9:18-19 asserts: "And our eyelids gush with water. For …
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): My eye runs down with rivers of water, so abundant was their weeping; it trickles down and ceases not, so constant was their weeping, without any intermission, there being no relaxation of their miseries. The distemper was in continual extremity, and they had no better day.
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Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not,....
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֵינִ֧י | ʾeini | eye my | H5869 → | 887 times |
| נִגְּרָ֛ה | nigerah | it has poured itself | H5064 → | |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִדְמֶ֖ה | tidmeh | it will cease | H1820 → | |
| מֵאֵ֥ין | meein | from not | H369 → | 789 times |
| הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃ | hafugot | stop<s> | H2014 → |
עֵינִ֧יeye my
ʾeiniH5869 →887 times
נִגְּרָ֛הit has poured itself
nigerahH5064 →
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
תִדְמֶ֖הit will cease
tidmehH1820 →
מֵאֵ֥יןfrom not
meeinH369 →789 times
הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃stop<s>
hafugotH2014 →
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
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,…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 13:17
But 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 8:21
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
- Lamentations 2:13
What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your…
- Jeremiah 13:17
Through
Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
it leads to
- Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Isaiah 26:9
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- Isaiah 26:16
O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Hebrews 5:7
During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
- Psalms 50:15
Where this verse is studied
About Lamentations
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.