Lamentations 3:49 BSB

Lamentations 3:49

My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Lamentations (1274)

The 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 …

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֵינִ֧י	'ei.Ni	eye my	H5869 →
נִגְּרָ֛ה	ni.ge.Rah	it has poured itself	H5064 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תִדְמֶ֖ה	tid.Meh	it will cease	H1820 →
מֵאֵ֥ין	me.'Ein	from not	H369 →
הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃	ha.fu.Got	stop<s>	H2014 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 14:17
You 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,…
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 independent 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…
Through
Psalms 77:2
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
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…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Lamentations

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Lamentations