God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 5:17
17This is why we feel sick. This is why our eyes see less and less.
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
15There is no joy left in our hearts. Our dancing has turned into mourning. 16The crown has fallen from our head. Because we have sinned, it has been disastrous for us. This is why we feel sick. This is why our eyes see less and less. 18Foxes roam around on Mount Zion, which lies in ruins. 19“But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever, and your reign continues throughout every generation.
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:17 word by word
עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 5:17
- Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from above. He made it go deep into my bones. He spread a net for my feet. He made me turn back. He has left me devastated. He has made me sick all day long.
- Leviticus 26:36I will fill with despair those who are left in the land of their enemies. The sound of a windblown leaf will make them run. They will run away and fall, but no one will be chasing them.
- Isaiah 1:5“Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is failing.
- Jeremiah 8:18Sorrow has overwhelmed me. I am sick at heart!
- Jeremiah 46:5“What do I see in them? They are terrified. They are retreating. Their warriors are defeated. They flee without looking back. Terror is all around them,” declares the Lord.
- Ezekiel 21:7When they ask you why you are groaning, say, ‘News has come that will discourage everyone. People’s hands will hang limp, their hearts will lose courage, and their knees will become as weak as water. It’s coming! It will surely take place!’ declares the Almighty Lord.”
- Micah 6:13I have begun to strike you with heavy blows and to ruin you because of your sins.
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out with tears. My stomach is churning. My heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people. Little children and infants faint in the city streets.
- Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no peace, no place to call your own. There the Lord will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair.
- Job 17:7Now my eyes are blurred from grief. Now all my limbs are like a shadow.
- Psalms 6:7My eyes blur from grief. They fail because of my enemies.
- Psalms 31:9Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am in distress. My eyes, my soul, and my body waste away from grief.
- Psalms 69:3I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained ⌞from⌟ looking for my God.
- Isaiah 38:14I chirped like swallows and cranes. I cooed like doves. My eyes were tired from looking up to heaven. I’ve suffered miserably, O Lord! Please help me!
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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Commentaries on Lamentations 5
- 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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