New King James Version
Lamentations 3:50
50Till the Lord from heaven Looks down and sees.
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 Living Translation (NLT)until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
Context of Lamentations 3:50
48My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49My eyes flow and do not cease, Without interruption, Till the Lord from heaven Looks down and sees. 51My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city. 52My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.
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עַד־יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:50
- Lamentations 2:20“See, O Lord, and consider! To whom have You done this? Should the women eat their offspring, The children they have cuddled? Should the priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Lamentations 5:1Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us; Look, and behold our reproach!
- Psalms 80:14Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts; Look down from heaven and see, And visit this vine
- Psalms 102:19For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary; From heaven the Lord viewed the earth,
- Isaiah 62:6I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
- Isaiah 63:15Look down from heaven, And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious. Where are Your zeal and Your strength, The yearning of Your heart and Your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
- Isaiah 4:1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach.”
- Daniel 9:16“O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.
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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