Lamentations 5:17

17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim

Lamentations 5:17 in Other Translations

17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

17 For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim,

17 Our hearts are sick and weary, and our eyes grow dim with tears.

17 Because of all this we're heartsick; we can't see through the tears.

17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

17 This is why we feel sick. This is why our eyes see less and less.

17 Because of this, our heart is sick; because of these, our eyes grow dim:

17 So our hearts are weak. Our eyes can't see very clearly.

Lamentations 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:17

For this our heart is faint
Our spirits sink; we are ready to swoon and die away; either for this, that we have sinned; because of our sins, they are so many, so great, and so aggravated; or for those distresses and calamities they have brought upon us before mentioned; or for the desolation of Zion, more especially, after expressed; and so the Targum,

``for this house of the sanctuary, which is desolate, our heart is weak:''

for these [things] our eyes are dim;
or "darkened" ^F2 almost blinded with weeping; can scarcely see out of them; or as persons in a swoon; for dimness of sight usually attends faintness of spirit.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wkvx) "contenebrati sunt", V. L. "obtenebrati", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Cocceius.

Lamentations 5:17 In-Context

15 Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

17 Because of this our hearts are faint, because of these things our eyes grow dim

18 for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, with jackals prowling over it.

19 You, LORD, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 1:5
• 2. S Jeremiah 8:18
• 3. Psalms 6:7
• 4. S Job 16:8