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.

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17 But if you will not hear it,
My soul will (A)weep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly
And run down with tears,
Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

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17 Therefore 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.

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17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:

(A)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(B)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.

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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.

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11 (A)My eyes fail with tears,
My [a]heart is troubled;
(B)My [b]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (C)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
  2. Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver

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.

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18 Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
(A)Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give [a]your eyes no rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:18 Lit. the daughter of your eye

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

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48 (A)My eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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