New English Translation
Lamentations 3:50
50until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.
Lamentations 3:50 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
- New International Version (NIV)until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
- English Standard Version (ESV)until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Till the Lord from heaven Looks down and sees.
Context of Lamentations 3:50
48Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. ע (Ayin) 49Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what has happened. 51What my eyes see grieves me – all the suffering of the daughters in my city. צ (Tsade) 52For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.
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עַד־יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:50
- Lamentations 2:20Look, 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)
- Lamentations 5:1O Lord, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.
- Psalms 80:14O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,
- Psalms 102:19For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,
- Isaiah 62:6I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the Lord, don’t be silent!
- Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!
- Isaiah 4:1Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, “We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you – take away our shame!”
- Daniel 9:16O Lord, according to all your justice, please turn your raging anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:50
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48-51Verses 48-51 The deep sympathy of the prophet, which pours itself forth in abundant tears over the distress of his people. Lamentations 3:51 Or, “Mine eye” causeth pain to my soul, i. e. maketh my soul ache, because of the sad fate of the maidens (Lamentations 1:4, Lamentations 1:18, ).Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 48-66The author emphasizes how cruel the enemies are and cries out to the Lord for help.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 49-5149-51. without ... intermission--or else, "because there is no intermission" [Piscator], namely, of my miseries.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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