Lamentations 5:17

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

15Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning. 16The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears. 18For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate. 19But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

Lamentations 5:17 word by word

עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For this our heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• is faintדָּוֶהdâveh · sickH1739
• our eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• are dimחָשַׁךְchâshak · to darkenH2821

Cross-references for Lamentations 5:17

• Lamentations 1:13He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long. נ (Nun)
• Leviticus 26:36“‘As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.
• Isaiah 1:5Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak.
• Jeremiah 8:18Then I said, “There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!
• Jeremiah 46:5What do I see?” says the Lord. “The soldiers are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; they desert quickly without looking back.
• Ezekiel 21:7When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”
• Micah 6:13I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares. ל (Lamed)
• Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the Lord will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair.
• Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
• Psalms 6:7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.
• Psalms 31:9Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.
• Psalms 69:3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; 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

Topics related to Lamentations 5:17

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Patriotism
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Crown
• Persecution
• Acrostic
• Faint
• Fox
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew

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