Lamentations 5:17
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For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
In other translations
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
Hebrew words
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- Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
- Psalm 6:7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- Job 17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
- Lamentations 2:11Mine 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.
- Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- Lamentations 1:22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
- Micah 6:13Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
- Ezekiel 21:15I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
- Psalm 69:3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Lamentations 1:13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
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