Lamentations 3:48

Easy To Read Version

My eyes flow with streams of tears!\par I cry because of the destruction\par of my people!\par

Cross References

Psalm 119:136

I have cried a river of tears\par because people don’t obey your teachings.\par

Psalm 137:1

We sat by the rivers in Babylon\par and cried as we remembered Zion. {\cf2\super [628]} \par

Jeremiah 13:17

If you people of Judah don’t listen to the Lord,\par I will hide and cry.\par Your pride will cause me to cry.\par I will cry very hard.\par My eyes will overflow with tears.\par Why? Because the Lord’s flock {\cf2\super [111]} \par will be captured.\par

Jeremiah 14:17

“Jeremiah, speak this message\par to the people of Judah:\par ‘My eyes are filled with tears.\par I will cry night and day without stopping.\par I will cry for my virgin daughter. {\cf2\super [123]} \par I will cry for my people.\par Why? Because someone hit them\par and crushed them.\par They have been hurt very badly.\par

Jeremiah 4:19

Oh, my sadness and worry is making\par my stomach hurt.\par I am bent over in pain.\par Oh, I am so scared.\par My heart is pounding inside me.\par I can’t keep quiet. Why?\par Because I have heard the trumpet blow.\par The trumpet is calling the army to war!\par

Jeremiah 9:1

If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par

Jeremiah 9:18

\{The people say,\}\par ‘Let those women come quickly\par and cry for us.\par Then our eyes will fill with tears,\par and streams of water will come\par out of our eyes.’\par

Lamentations 1:16

“I cry about all these things.\par My eyes, my eyes run down with water.\par There is no comforter near me.\par There is no person that can make me feel better.\par My children are like a wasteland.\par They are like that because the enemy won.”\par

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out with tears!\par My insides are upset!\par My heart feels like it has been poured\par on the ground!\par I feel this way because of the destruction\par of my people.\par Children and babies are fainting.\par They are fainting in the public squares\par of the city.\par

Lamentations 2:18

Cry out {\cf2\super [20]} with your hearts to the Lord!\par Wall of the Daughter of Zion, {\cf2\super [21]} \par let tears roll down like a stream!\par let your tears roll down day and night.\par Don’t stop!\par Don’t let your eyes be still!\par