Berean Standard Bible
Lamentations 2:19
19Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night.1 Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
Lamentations 2:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
- New International Version (NIV)Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at every street corner.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Arise, cry out in the night, At the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him For the life of your young children, Who faint from hunger at the head of every street.”
Context of Lamentations 2:19
17The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes. 18The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest. Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street. 20Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? 21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.
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ק֣וּמִי׀ רֹ֣נִּי בַלַּ֗יְלָה לְרֹאשׁ֙ אַשְׁמֻר֔וֹת שִׁפְכִ֤י כַמַּ֙יִם֙ לִבֵּ֔ךְ נֹ֖כַח פְּנֵ֣י אֲדֹנָ֑י שְׂאִ֧י אֵלָ֣יו כַּפַּ֗יִךְ עַל־נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְ הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים בְּרָעָ֖ב בְּרֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־חוּצֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear
- Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- cry outרָנַןrânan · to singH7442
- in the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- from the firstרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
- watch of the nightאַשְׁמוּרָה'ashmûrâh 'ashmûrâh 'ashmôreth · watchH821
- Pour outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
- your heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- like waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- inנֹ֫כַחnôkach · beforeH5227
- the presenceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- of the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
- your handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
- to Himאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- forעַל‛al · uponH5921
- the livesנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
- of your childrenעוֹלֵל‛ôlêl ‛ôlâl · infantH5768
- who are faintingעָטַף‛âţaph · be feebleH5848
- from hungerרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
- of everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- streetחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
Cross-references for Lamentations 2:19
- Psalms 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Psalms 119:55In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
- Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
- Luke 6:12In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
- Judges 7:19Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
- Matthew 14:25During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea.
- Mark 13:35Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
- 1 Samuel 1:15“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:6When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
- Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
- Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- Psalms 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
- Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
- Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
Commentaries on Lamentations 2:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Arise, cry out in the night - This seems to refer to Jerusalem besieged. Ye who keep the night watches, pour out your hearts before the Lord, instead of calling the time of night, etc.; or, when you call it, send up a fervent prayer to God for the safety and relief of the place.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19In - (or at) the beginning of the watches “At the beginning of each night-watch” means all the night through. The Hebrews divided the night into three watches.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 Causes for lamentation are described. Multitudes perished by famine. Even little children were slain by their mother's hands, and eaten, according to the threatening, Deut. 28:53. Multitudes fell by the sword. Their false prophets deceived them. And their neighbours laughed at them. It is a great sin to jest at others' miseries, and adds much affliction to the afflicted. Their enemies triumphed over them. The enemies of the church are apt to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19Repentance and prayer are the proper responses when facing the devastation of God’s judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. cry ... in ... night--(Psa 119:147). beginning of ... watches--that is, the first of the three equal divisions (four hours each) into which the ancient Jews divided the night; namely, from sunset to ten o'clock. The second was called "the middle watch" (Jud 7:19), from ten till two o'clock. The third, "the morning watch," from two to sunrise (Ex 14:24; 1Sa 11:11). Afterwards, under the Romans, they had four watches (Mt 14:25; Lu 12:38). for ... thy…Read the comment
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- 1. Lamentations 2:19 That is, between six and nine at night ↩
Commentaries on Lamentations 2
- 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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