Lamentations 3:50
Until the Lord look down, 1 And behold from heaven. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
In Context
49Mine eye is drowned with tears, 1 And I will not be silent, 1 So that there shall be no rest, 1
51Mine eye shall prey upon my soul, 1 Because of all the daughters of the city. 1
Cross References
Psalms 80:15I should have put down their enemies very quickly, 1 And should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them. 1
Isaiah 62:6And on thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I set watchmen all day and all night, who shall never cease making mention of the Lord.
Isaiah 64:1as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and thy name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at thy presence the nations shall be troubled,
Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: 1 Behold, and look on our reproach. 1
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 →