New English Translation
Lamentations 2:19
19Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children’s lives; they are fainting at every street corner. ר (Resh)
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 fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries’ power. צ (Tsade) 18Cry out from your heart to the Lord, O wall of Daughter Zion! Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! Do not rest; do not let your tears stop! ק (Qof) Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children’s lives; they are fainting at every street corner. ר (Resh) 20Look, O Lord! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary? ש (Sin/Shin) 21The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you slaughtered them without mercy. ת (Tav)
Read all of Lamentations 2Lamentations 2:19 word by word
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- cry outרָנַןrânan · to singH7442
- in the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- in the beginningרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: topH7218
- of the watchesאַשְׁמוּרָה'ashmûrâh 'ashmûrâh 'ashmôreth · watchH821
- pour outשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: pourH8210
- thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- like waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- beforeנֹ֫כַחnôkach · beforeH5227
- the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- of the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
- thy handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
- toward him for the lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
- of thy young childrenעוֹלֵל‛ôlêl ‛ôlâl · infantH5768
- that faintעָטַף‛âţaph · be feebleH5848
- for hungerרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
- of every streetחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
Cross-references for Lamentations 2:19
- Psalms 42:8By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.
- Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before him! God is our shelter! (Selah)
- Psalms 119:55I remember your name during the night, O Lord, and I will keep your law.
- Isaiah 26:9I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
- Mark 1:35Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.
- Luke 6:12Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.
- Judges 7:19Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying.
- Matthew 14:25As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.
- Mark 13:35Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return – whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn –
- 1 Samuel 1:15But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 7:6After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.
- Job 3:24For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.
- Psalms 142:2I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.
- Psalms 28:2Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!
- Psalms 63:4For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
- Psalms 134:2Lift your hands toward the sanctuary and praise 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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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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