Lamentations 3:51
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:51 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:51 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. mine heart: Heb. my soul because...: or, more tha..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:51 — KJV
“Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. mine heart: Heb. my soul because...: or, more than all”
— Lamentations 3:51 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:51 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 3:51
“For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. falleth: Heb. forsaketh”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:51: mine, heart, heb
“Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:51: eye, heart, heb
“I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. had...: Heb. had seen much”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:51: mine, heart, heb
“Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: wanton...: Heb. deceiving with their eyes mincing: or, tripping nicely”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:51: eye, because, daughters
“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 3:51: mine, eye, because
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