““For these things I weep. My eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.””
— WEB
Lamentations 1:16
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.”
— KJV
“For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.”
— ASV
Topics that cite this verse
- Bible Verses About Betrayal
- Bible Verses About Comfort
- Bible Verses About Depression
- Bible Verses About Discouragement
- Bible Verses About Grief
- Bible Verses About Mourning
- Bible Verses About Sleep
- Bible Verses About the Prodigal Son
- Bible Verses About Water
- Bible Verses About Widows
- Bible Verses for Mothers
- Bible Verses for the Brokenhearted
Commentary
(Jer 13:17; Jer 14:17). Jerusalem is the speaker. mine eye, mine eye--so Lam 4:18, "our end . . . our end"; repetition for emphasis.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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