Lamentations 2:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Lamentations 1:20

“Look at me, Lord. I am in distress! I am upset, as if my heart turned upside down inside of me. I feel this way because I have been so stubborn. Out in the streets, I lost my children to the swords. Inside, it is like death.

Lamentations 1:16

“I cry about all these things. Tears are flowing down my cheeks. There is no one near to comfort me. There is no one who can make me feel better. My children are like a wasteland, because the enemy won.”

Job 16:13

With his archers all around me, he shoots arrows into my kidneys. He shows no mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

Jeremiah 4:19

My sadness and worry is making my stomach hurt. I am bent over in pain. I am so afraid. My heart is pounding inside me. I cannot keep quiet, because I have heard the trumpet blow. The trumpet is calling the army to war.

Isaiah 22:4

So I say, “Don’t look at me! Let me cry! Don’t rush to comfort me about the destruction of Jerusalem.”

Psalm 22:14

My strength is gone, like water poured out on the ground. My bones have separated. My courage is gone.

Psalm 6:7

My enemies have caused me such sorrow that my eyes are worn out from crying.

Luke 23:29

The time is coming when people will say, ‘The women who cannot have babies are the ones God has blessed. It’s really a blessing that they have no children to care for.’

Jeremiah 44:7

“So this is what the Lord God All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: ‘Why are you hurting yourselves by continuing to worship idols? You are separating the men and women, the children and babies from the family of Judah. And so you leave yourselves without anyone left from the family of Judah.

Jeremiah 14:17

“Jeremiah, speak this message to the people of Judah: ‘My eyes fill with tears night and day without stopping. I cry for my virgin daughter, and for my dear people, because someone hit them and crushed them. They have been hurt very badly.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to my people. Everywhere in this country, people are crying for help. They say, “Is the Lord still at Zion? Is Zion’s King still there?” But God says, “The people of Judah worshiped their worthless foreign idols. That made me very angry! Why did they do that?”

Psalm 69:3

I am getting weak from calling for help. My throat is sore. I have waited and looked for your help until my eyes are hurting.

Psalm 31:9

Lord, I have many troubles, so be kind to me. I have cried until my eyes hurt. My throat and stomach are aching.

1 Samuel 30:4

David and the other men in his army cried loudly until they were too weak to cry anymore.

Isaiah 38:14

I cried like a bird and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired, but I continued looking to the heavens. Lord, I am so depressed. Promise to help me.”

Job 30:27

I constantly feel upset. And my suffering has only just begun.

Psalm 38:8

I hurt so much I cannot feel anything. My pounding heart makes me scream!

Psalm 119:82

I keep looking for what you promised, but my eyes are feeling tired. When will you comfort me?

Lamentations 5:17

For this reason, our hearts have become sick, and our eyes cannot see clearly.

Isaiah 51:20

Your people became weak. They fell on the ground and lay there. They were lying on every street corner, like animals caught in a net. They were punished by the Lord’s anger until they could not accept any more punishment. When God said he would give them more punishment, they became very weak.

Lamentations 1:11

All the people of Jerusalem are groaning. All of her people are looking for food. They are giving away all their nice things for food to stay alive. Jerusalem says, “Look, Lord. Look at me! See how people hate me.