Lamentations 2:11

Lamentations 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
• New International Version (NIV)My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My eyes are spent with weeping; my stomach churns; my bile is poured out to the ground because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because infants and babies faint in the streets of the city.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants Faint in the streets of the city.

Context of Lamentations 2:11

9Zion’s gates have fallen to the ground; he has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates. Her king and her leaders live among the nations, instruction is no more, and even her prophets receive no vision from the Lord. 10The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. My eyes are worn out from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief because of the destruction of my dear people, because infants and nursing babies faint in the streets of the city. 12They cry out to their mothers, “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their life pours out in the arms of their mothers. 13What can I say on your behalf? What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea. Who can heal you?

Lamentations 2:11 word by word

כָּל֨וּ בַדְּמָע֤וֹת עֵינַי֙ חֳמַרְמְר֣וּ מֵעַ֔י נִשְׁפַּ֤ךְ לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ כְּבֵדִ֔י עַל־שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־עַמִּ֑י בֵּֽעָטֵ֤ף עוֹלֵל֙ וְיוֹנֵ֔ק בִּרְחֹב֖וֹת קִרְיָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• do failכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: expendH3615
• with tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• my bowelsמֵעֶהmê‛eh · bellyH4578
• are troubledחָמַרchâmar · fermentH2560
• my liverכָּבֵדkâbêd · liverH3516
• is pouredשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
• upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• for the destructionשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
• of the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• because the childrenעוֹלֵל‛ôlêl ‛ôlâl · infantH5768
• and the sucklingsיָנַקyânaq · to suckleH3243
• swoonעָטַף‛âţaph · be feebleH5848
• in the streetsרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
• of the cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151

Cross-references for Lamentations 2:11

• Lamentations 1:16I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to keep me alive. My children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed.
• Lamentations 3:48My eyes flow with streams of tears because of the destruction of my dear people.
• 1 Samuel 30:4David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.
• Psalms 6:7My eyes are swollen from grief; they grow old because of all my enemies.
• Psalms 31:9Be gracious to me, Lord, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from frustration — my whole being as well.
• Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
• Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
• Lamentations 1:20Lord, see how I am in distress. I am churning within; my heart is broken, for I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword takes the children; inside, there is death.
• Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony! Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds; I cannot be silent. For you, my soul, have heard the sound of the ram’s horn — the shout of battle.
• Job 16:13his archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and pours my bile on the ground.
• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed; my heart is like wax, melting within me.
• Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children; they became their food during the destruction of my dear people.
• Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear people.”
• Jeremiah 8:19Listen — the cry of my dear people from a faraway land, “Is the Lord no longer in Zion, her King not within her?” Why have they angered me with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?
• Jeremiah 9:1If my head were a flowing spring, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
• Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may they not stop, for my dearest people have been destroyed by a crushing blow, an extremely severe wound.

Commentaries on Lamentations 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Swoon in the streets of the city - Through the excess of the famine.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Troubled - See the margin reference note. Liver - As the heart was regarded by the Jews as the seat of the intellect, so the liver (or bowels) was supposed to be the seat of the emotions. The pouring out of the liver upon the ground meant that feelings had entirely given way under the acuteness of sorrow, and he could no longer restrain them.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. 1-22This chapter vividly shows the Lord acting as the one who destroys Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. liver is poured, &c.--that is, as the liver was thought to be the seat of the passions, "all my feelings are poured out and prostrated for," &c. The "liver," is here put for the bile ("gall," Job 16:13; "bowels," Psa 22:14) in a bladder on the surface of the liver, copiously discharged when the passions are agitated. swoon--through faintness from the effects of hunger. Lamed.Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 2:11

• Church
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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