Lamentations 5:17
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
BSB
ASV
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
KJV
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Second, is the glory of the temple. Here sadness is placed upon it. That is, due to a multitude of tears. For, as the prophet Jeremiah 8:18 declares: "My grief is beyond healing, my heart is sick within me."
The walk8
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
Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
leads to
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.
I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
Through
Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
leads to
O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
Through
Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
leads to
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
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…
leads to
See, 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.