American Standard Version
Lamentations 5:17
17For this our heart is faint;For these things our eyes are dim;
Lamentations 5:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
- New International Version (NIV)Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
- English Standard Version (ESV)For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
Context of Lamentations 5:17
15The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning. 16The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned. For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim; 18For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it. 19Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.
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עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:17
- Lamentations 1:13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
- Leviticus 26:36And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
- Isaiah 1:5Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Jeremiah 8:18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
- Jeremiah 46:5Wherefore have I seen it? they are dismayed and are turned backward; and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
- Ezekiel 21:7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- Micah 6:13Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.
- Lamentations 2:11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
- Deuteronomy 28:65And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
- Job 17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
- Psalms 6:7Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
- Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
- Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- Isaiah 38:14Like a swallowora crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Commentaries on Lamentations 5:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Is faint - Or, has become “faint” - have become “dim.” “For this,” i. e. for the loss of our crown etc.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. They earnestly pray to God for mercy and grace; Turn us to thee, O Lord. God never leaves any till they first leave him; if he turns them to him in a way of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17These terrible things happened because the people had sinned (see Isaiah 24:7–12; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 13:18; Jeremiah 25:10–11; Amos 8:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. (La 1:22; 2:11).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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