Lamentations 5:17
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. The final lament is a communal prayer that lacks the alphabetic acrostic of the previous four poems. The community cries for God to remember: their inheritance has been turned over to strangers, women have been violated, and old men sit …
Other Translations
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;
Cross References
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands …
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the …
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul …
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the …
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with …
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled …