New English Translation
Lamentations 3:51
51What my eyes see grieves me – all the suffering of the daughters in my city. צ (Tsade)
Lamentations 3:51 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
- New International Version (NIV)What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.
- English Standard Version (ESV)my eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.
Context of Lamentations 3:51
49Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break 50until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what has happened. What 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. 53They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.
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עֵינִי֙ עֽוֹלְלָ֣ה לְנַפְשִׁ֔י מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנ֥וֹת עִירִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:51
- Genesis 44:34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”
- 1 Samuel 30:3When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 4:19I said, “Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul!
- Jeremiah 14:18If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.’”
- Luke 19:41Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
- Lamentations 1:18The Lord is right to judge me! Yes, I rebelled against his commands. Please listen, all you nations, and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile. ק (Qof)
- Lamentations 2:21The 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)
- Lamentations 5:11They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
- Jeremiah 11:22So the Lord who rules over all said, “I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation.
- Jeremiah 14:16The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”
- Jeremiah 19:9I will reduce the people of this city to desperate straits during the siege imposed on it by their enemies who are seeking to kill them. I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another.”’”
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 51Mine eye affecteth mine heart - What I see I feel. I see nothing but misery; and I feel, in consequence, nothing but pain. There have been various translations of the original: but they all amount to this. The daughters of my city - The villages about Jerusalem.Read the comment
- 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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