Lamentations 5:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:17 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:17 — KJV
“For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.”
— Lamentations 5:17 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:17 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 5:17
“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:17: heart, these, things
“And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:17: these, things, eyes
“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 5:17: heart, things, eyes
“He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:17: these, things, eyes
“Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:17: heart, these, eyes
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