Lamentations 1:16
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For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
In other translations
For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
Hebrew words
עַל־'al-onH5921אֵלֶּה׀'elehthese [things]H428אֲנִי'aniIH589בוֹכִיָּהvokhiyah[am] weepingH1058עֵינִי׀'einieye myH5869עֵינִי'einieye myH5869יֹרְדָהyoredah[is] going downH3381מַּיִםmayimwaterH4325כִּי־ki-forH3588רָחַקrachakhe is farH7368מִמֶּנִּיmimenifrom meH4480מְנַחֵםmenachema comforterH5162מֵשִׁיבmeshiv[one who] restoresH7725נַפְשִׁיnafshilife myH5315הָיוּhayuthey areH1961בָנַיvanaichildren myH1121שׁוֹמֵמִיםshomemimdesolateH8074כִּיkiforH3588גָבַרgavarhe has prevailedH1396אוֹיֵב׃ ס'oyev[the] enemyH341
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