Lamentations 3:48
Mine eye runneth down with streams of mayim 1 for the destruction of Bat Ami. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
In Context
47Pachad (terror) and a snare is come upon us, 1 ruin and destruction. 1
49Mine eye will flow down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission 1
Cross References
Psalms 137:1By the rivers of Babylon, 1 there we sat down, yes, we wept, 1 when we remembered Tziyon. 1
Jeremiah 9:1Oh that I had in the midbar 1 a malon orkhim (travelersʼ lodge); 1 that I might leave my people, 1 and go from them! 1 For they are all no'afim (adulterers), 1 an atzeret bogedim (band of treacherous traitors). 1
Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not listen, 1 my nefesh shall weep in secret places 1 for your ga'avah (pride); 1 and mine eye shall weep profusely, 1 and run down with tears, 1 because the Eder Hashem (Flock of Hashem ) is carried away captive. 1
Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; 1 mine eye, mine eye runneth down with mayim, 1 because the Menachem (comforter) 1 that should refresh my nefesh is far from me; 1 my children are desolate, 1 because the enemy hath prevailed. 1
Lamentations 2:18Their lev cried unto Adonoi: 1 O Chomat Bat Tziyon, 1 let tears run down like a river yomam valailah; 1 give thyself no relief; 1 let not thine eye rest. 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 →