Lamentations 3:50

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַד־יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Until yašqîp and yēreʾ YHWH from šāmāyim

Grammar Details

• *yašqîp*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he looks down
• *yēreʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sees
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *šāmāyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the heavens

Word Meanings

• *yašqîp*: he looks down/he gazes/he observes
• *yēreʾ*: he sees/he beholds/he perceives

Referenced Verses

• Isa 63:15 : 15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
• Lam 5:1 : 1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
• Dan 9:16-19 : 16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Isa 64:1 : 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
• Lam 2:20 : 20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Ps 80:14-16 : 14 Return{H8798)}, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down{H8685)} from heaven, and behold{H8798)}, and visit{H8798)} this vine; 15 And the vineyard{H8798)} which thy right hand hath planted{H8804)}, and the branch that thou madest strong{H8765)} for thyself. 16 It is burned{H8803)} with fire, it is cut down{H8803)}: they perish{H8799)} at the rebuke of thy countenance.
• Ps 102:19-20 : 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
• Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.