Lamentations 2:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 2:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 2:18 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thy..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 2:18 — KJV
“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.”
— Lamentations 2:18 (KJV)
Lamentations 2:18 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 2:18
“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.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:18: daughter, let, tears
“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! Oh...: Heb. Who will give my head, etc”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:18: daughter, tears, day
“Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:18: heart, day, thyself
“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:18: lord, daughter, day
“Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. thought: Heb. word wicked: Heb. Belial”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:18: heart, lord, give
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