Lamentations 3:48
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:48 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:48 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:48 — KJV
“Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
— Lamentations 3:48 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:48 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 3:48
“Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:48: mine, eye, down
“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 3:48: mine, eye, water
“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 3:48: mine, eye, down
“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. relieve: Heb. bring back”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:48: mine, eye, runneth
“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. swoon: or, faint”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:48: mine, eye, destruction
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