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Lamentations 5:17
17Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim
Lamentations 5:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.
Context of Lamentations 5:17
15Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. 16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim 18for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it. 19You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
Read all of Lamentations 5Lamentations 5:17 word by word
עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 5:17
- Lamentations 1:13“From on high he sent fire, sent it down into my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
- Leviticus 26:36“ ‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.
- Isaiah 1:5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
- Jeremiah 8:18You who are my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
- Jeremiah 46:5What do I see? They are terrified, they are retreating, their warriors are defeated. They flee in haste without looking back, and there is terror on every side,” declares the Lord.
- Ezekiel 21:7And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand go limp; every spirit will become faint and every leg will be wet with urine.’ It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
- Micah 6:13Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins.
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
- Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.
- Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
- Psalms 6:7My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
- Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.
- Psalms 69:3I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Isaiah 38:14I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
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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