Lamentations 2:11
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Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
In other translations
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
Hebrew words
כָּלוּkaluthey have failedH3615בַדְּמָעוֹתvadema'otby <the> tearsH1832עֵינַי'einaieyes myH5869חֳמַרְמְרוּchomarmeruthey are in turmoilH2560מֵעַיme'aiinward parts myH4578נִשְׁפַּךְnishpakhit has been poured outH8210לָאָרֶץla'aretzto the groundH776כְּבֵדִיkevediliver myH3516עַל־'al-onH5921שֶׁבֶרshever[the] brokenness ofH7667בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971בֵּעָטֵףbe'atefbecause faintH5848עוֹלֵלolelchildH5768וְיוֹנֵקveyonekand suckling-childH3243בִּרְחֹבוֹתbirchovotin [the] open places ofH7339קִרְיָה׃ סkiryaha townH7151
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Related verses
- Lamentations 1:20Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
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- Isaiah 22:4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
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- Luke 23:29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
- Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Psalm 31:9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
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