Lamentations 1:16

God's Word

I’m crying because of ⌞all⌟ these things. My eyes—my eyes flow with tears. No one can give me the comfort I need to keep me alive. Everyone is too far away from me. My children are devastated because my enemies have won.”

Cross References

Psalm 106:42

Their enemies oppressed them and made them subject to their power.

Psalm 119:136

Streams of tears flow from my eyes because others do not follow your teachings.

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Next, I turned to look at all the acts of oppression that make people suffer under the sun. Look at the tears of those who suffer! No one can comfort them. Their oppressors have ⌞all⌟ the power. No one can comfort those who suffer.

Isaiah 54:11

“You suffering, comfortless, storm-ravaged city! I will rebuild your city with precious stones. I will reset your foundations with sapphires.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you won’t listen, I will cry secretly over your arrogance. I will cry bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears because the Lord’s flock will be taken captive.

Jeremiah 14:17

“Say this to them: ‘My eyes flow with tears day and night without stopping because my dear people will suffer massive destruction. It will be a very serious blow.’ ”

Jeremiah 15:5

No one will take pity on you, Jerusalem. No one will mourn for you. No one will bother to ask how you are doing.

Jeremiah 8:18

Sorrow has overwhelmed me. I am sick at heart!

Jeremiah 9:1

“I wish that my head were ⌞filled with⌟ water and my eyes were a fountain of tears so that I could cry day and night for my dear people who have been killed.

Jeremiah 9:10

I will cry and weep for the mountains. I will sing a funeral song for the pastures in the wilderness. They are destroyed so that no one can travel through them. No one can hear the sound of cattle. Birds and cattle have fled. They are gone.

Jeremiah 9:21

Death has come through our windows and entered our palaces. Death has cut down the children in the streets and the young men in the marketplaces.

Lamentations 1:2

Jerusalem cries bitterly at night with tears running down its cheeks. Out of all those who love the city, no one offers it comfort. All of Jerusalem’s friends have betrayed it and become its enemies.

Lamentations 1:9

Jerusalem’s own filth ⌞covers⌟ its clothes. It gave no thought to its future. Its downfall was shocking. No one offers it comfort. ‘O Lord, look at my suffering, because my enemies have triumphed.’

Lamentations 2:11

My eyes are worn out with tears. My stomach is churning. My heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people. Little children and infants faint in the city streets.

Lamentations 2:18

The hearts of Jerusalem’s people cried out to the Lord, the wall of Zion’s people. Let your tears run down like a river day and night. Don’t let them stop. Don’t let your eyes rest.

Hosea 9:12

Even if they bring up children, I will take those children away before they grow up. Yes, how horrible it will be for them when I leave them.