Lamentations 3:49
Phe. Mine eye is drowned with tears, and I will not be silent, so that there shall be no rest,
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
In Context
48Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
50until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
Cross References
Psalms 77:2+ 77:2 Mat. 13. 35. I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning.
Lamentations 1:16Ain. Mine eye has poured out water, because he that should comfort me, that should restore my soul, has been removed far from me: my sons have been destroyed, because the enemy has prevailed.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:43-55
Complaining to God. ( b. c. 588.) 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of… Read the whole commentary →