Lamentations 3:48

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֙יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל־שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃

Transliteration

palgê-mayim tērad ʿênî for šeber bat-ʿammî

Grammar Details

*palgê*: noun, masculine plural construct - streams of
*mayim*: noun, masculine plural - water
*tērad*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - runs down
*ʿênî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eye
*šeber*: noun, masculine singular construct - destruction of
*bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
*ʿammî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my people

Word Meanings

*palgê*: streams of/channels of/rivulets of
*tērad*: runs down/flows down
*šeber*: destruction of/breaking of/ruin of
*bat*-*ʿammî*: daughter of my people/my dear people

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Referenced Verses

Jer 9:1 : 1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Lam 2:11 : 11 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.
Lam 2:18 : 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Ps 119:136 : 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Jer 9:18 : 18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Jer 13:17 : 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
Lam 1:16 : 16 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.
Jer 4:19 : 19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Rom 9:1-3 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Lam 3:49-51
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49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
50Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
51Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
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83%
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.
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1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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17Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Lam 1:15-18
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80%
15The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
16For 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.
17Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
18The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Isa 22:4-5
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80%
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.
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Jer 9:18-19
2 verses
79%
18And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
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Lam 3:47
78%
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Ps 119:136
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Lam 2:18
77%
18Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Ps 6:7
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7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
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74%
21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Lam 1:12
74%
12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Jer 4:20
73%
20Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
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73%
26O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Lam 4:6
73%
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Jer 8:19
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19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
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72%
16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
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17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Lam 2:8
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8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
Ps 119:123
71%
123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Jer 13:17
71%
17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
Jer 2:13
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Jer 48:5
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Job 16:20
71%
20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
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Jer 44:6
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Ps 119:82
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82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
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71%
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Jer 4:31
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Isa 3:8
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Ps 38:10
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Isa 21:3
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Lam 2:2
70%
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