Verse 18

Lamentations 2:18

Geneva Bible

18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let teares runne downe like a riuer, day and night: take thee no rest, neither let the apple of thine eye cease.
Original Language Text
hebrew
צָעַ֥ק לִבָּ֖/ם אֶל אֲדֹנָ֑/י חוֹמַ֣ת בַּת צִ֠יּוֹן הוֹרִ֨ידִי כַ/נַּ֤חַל דִּמְעָה֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָ/לַ֔יְלָה אַֽל תִּתְּנִ֤י פוּגַת֙ לָ֔/ךְ אַל תִּדֹּ֖ם בַּת עֵינֵֽ/ךְ
English Translation
I cried out to my Lord, "O wall of daughter Zion, let tears flow like a river day and night; give me no rest, do not be silent, O daughter of your eyes."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 2 Context
1 How hath the Lord darkened the daughter of Zion in his wrath! and hath cast downe from heauen vnto t... Focus ↗
2 The Lord hath destroyed al the habitations of Iaakob, and not spared: he hath throwen downe in his w... Focus ↗
3 Hee hath cut off in his fierce wrath all the horne of Israel: he hath drawen backe his right hand fr... Focus ↗
4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemie: his right hand was stretched vp as an aduersarie, and slewe al... Focus ↗
5 The Lord was as an enemie: he hath deuoured Israel, and consumed all his palaces: hee hath destroyed... Focus ↗
6 For hee hath destroyed his Tabernacle, as a garden, hee hath destroyed his Congregation: the Lord ha... Focus ↗
7 The Lord hath forsaken his altar: he hath abhorred his Sanctuarie: he hath giue into the hand of the... Focus ↗
8 The Lord hath determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: hee stretched out a lyne: hee... Focus ↗
9 Her gates are sunke to the grounde: he hath destroyed and broken her barres: her King and her prince... Focus ↗
10 The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit vpon the grounde, and keepe silence: they haue cast vp dust v... Focus ↗
11 Mine eyes doe saile with teares: my bowels swell: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruc... Focus ↗
12 They haue sayd to their mothers, Where is bread and drinke? when they swooned as the wounded in the... Focus ↗
13 What thing shall I take to witnesse for thee? what thing shall I compare to thee, O daughter Ierusal... Focus ↗
14 Thy Prophets haue looked out vayne, and foolish things for thee, and they haue not discouered thine... Focus ↗
15 All that passe by the way, clap their hands at thee: they hisse and wagge their head vpon the daught... Focus ↗
16 All thine enemies haue opened their mouth against thee: they hisse and gnashe the teeth, saying, Let... Focus ↗
17 The Lord hath done that which he had purposed: he hath fulfilled his worde that he had determined of... Focus ↗
18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let teares runne downe like a riuer, d...
19 Arise, cry in the night: in the beginning of the watches powre out thine heart like water before the... Focus ↗
20 Beholde, O Lord, and consider to whome thou hast done thus: shall the women eate their fruite, and c... Focus ↗
21 The yong and the olde lie on the ground in the streetes: my virgins and my yong men are fallen by th... Focus ↗
22 Thou hast called as in a solemne daye my terrours rounde about, so that in the day of the Lordes wra... Focus ↗