Lamentations 2:11

Good News Translation

My eyes are worn out with weeping; my soul is in anguish. I am exhausted with grief at the destruction of my people. Children and babies are fainting in the streets of the city.

Cross References

Job 16:13

and shoots arrows at me from every side— arrows that pierce and wound me; and even then he shows no pity.

Job 30:27

I am torn apart by worry and pain; I have had day after day of suffering.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes are tired from watching for what you promised, while I ask, “When will you help me?”

Psalm 22:14

My strength is gone, gone like water spilled on the ground. All my bones are out of joint; my heart is like melted wax.

Psalm 31:9

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are tired from so much crying; I am completely worn out.

Psalm 38:8

I am worn out and utterly crushed; my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.

Psalm 6:7

I can hardly see; my eyes are so swollen from the weeping caused by my enemies.

Psalm 69:3

I am worn out from calling for help, and my throat is aching. I have strained my eyes, looking for your help.

Isaiah 22:4

Now leave me alone to weep bitterly over all those of my people who have died. Don't try to comfort me.

Isaiah 38:14

My voice was thin and weak, And I moaned like a dove. My eyes grew tired from looking to heaven. Lord, rescue me from all this trouble.

Isaiah 51:20

At the corner of every street your people collapse from weakness; they are like deer caught in a hunter's net. They have felt the force of God's anger.

Jeremiah 14:17

The Lord commanded me to tell the people about my sorrow and to say: “May my eyes flow with tears day and night, may I never stop weeping, for my people are deeply wounded and are badly hurt.

Jeremiah 4:19

The pain! I can't bear the pain! My heart! My heart is beating wildly! I can't keep quiet; I hear the trumpets and the shouts of battle.

Jeremiah 44:7

“And so I, the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, now ask why you are doing such an evil thing to yourselves. Do you want to bring destruction on men and women, children and babies, so that none of your people will be left?

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen! Throughout the land I hear my people crying out, “Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is Zion's king no longer there?” The Lord, their king, replies, “Why have you made me angry by worshiping your idols and by bowing down to your useless foreign gods?”

Lamentations 1:11

Her people groan as they look for something to eat; They exchange their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. “Look at me, Lord,” the city cries; “see me in my misery.”

Lamentations 1:16

“That is why my eyes are overflowing with tears. No one can comfort me; no one can give me courage. The enemy has conquered me; my people have nothing left.

Lamentations 1:20

“Look, O Lord, at my agony, at the anguish of my soul! My heart is broken in sorrow for my sins. There is murder in the streets; even indoors there is death.

Lamentations 5:17

We are sick at our very hearts and can hardly see through our tears,

Luke 23:29

For the days are coming when people will say, ‘How lucky are the women who never had children, who never bore babies, who never nursed them!’

1 Samuel 30:4

David and his men started crying and did not stop until they were completely exhausted.