Lamentations 2:11

New International Reader's Version

I’ve cried so much I can’t see very well. I’m suffering deep down inside. My heart is broken because my people are destroyed. Children and babies are fainting in the streets of the city.

Cross References

Job 16:13

He shoots his arrows at me from all sides. Without pity, he stabs me in the kidneys. He spills my insides on the ground.

Job 30:27

My insides are always churning. Nothing but days of suffering are ahead of me.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes grow tired looking for what you have promised. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

Psalm 22:14

My strength is like water that is poured out on the ground. I feel as if my bones aren’t connected. My heart has turned to wax. It has melted away inside me.

Psalm 31:9

Lord, have mercy on me. I’m in deep trouble. I’m so sad I can hardly see. My whole body grows weak with sadness.

Psalm 38:8

I am weak and feel as if I’ve been broken in pieces. I groan because of the great pain in my heart.

Psalm 6:7

I’m so sad I can’t see very well. My eyesight gets worse because of all my enemies.

Psalm 69:3

I’m worn out from calling for help. My throat is very dry. My eyes grow tired looking for my God.

Isaiah 22:4

So I said, “Leave me alone. Let me weep bitter tears. Don’t try to comfort me. My people have been destroyed.”

Isaiah 38:14

I cried softly like a weak little bird. I sounded like a dove as I mourned. My eyes grew tired as I looked up toward heaven. Lord, my life is in danger. Please come and help me!

Isaiah 51:20

Your children have fainted. They lie helpless at every street corner. They are like antelope that have been caught in a net. They have felt the full force of the Lord’s great anger. Jerusalem, your God had to warn them strongly.

Jeremiah 14:17

“Jeremiah, give them this message. Tell them, “ ‘Let tears flow from my eyes. Let them pour out night and day. Never let them stop. The people of my own nation have suffered a terrible wound. They have been crushed.

Jeremiah 4:19

I’m suffering! I’m really suffering! I’m hurting badly. My heart is suffering so much! It’s pounding inside me. I can’t keep silent. I’ve heard the sound of trumpets. I’ve heard the battle cry.

Jeremiah 44:7

The Lord God who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “Why do you want to bring all this trouble on yourselves? You are removing from Judah its men and women, its children and babies. Not one of you will be left.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to the cries of my people from a land far away. They cry out, “Isn’t the Lord in Zion? Isn’t its King there anymore?” The Lord says, “Why have they made me so angry by worshiping their wooden gods? Why have they made me angry with their worthless statues of gods from other lands?”

Lamentations 1:11

All Jerusalem’s people groan as they search for bread. They trade their treasures for food just to stay alive. Jerusalem says, “Lord, look at me. Think about my condition. Everyone looks down on me.”

Lamentations 1:16

“That’s why I am weeping. Tears are flowing from my eyes. No one is near to comfort me. No one can heal my spirit. My children don’t have anything. My enemies are much too strong for me.”

Lamentations 1:20

“Lord, see how upset I am! I am suffering deep down inside. My heart is troubled. Again and again I have refused to obey you. Outside the city, people are being killed by swords. Inside, there is nothing but death.

Lamentations 5:17

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

Luke 23:29

The time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the women who can’t have children! Blessed are those who never gave birth or nursed babies!’

1 Samuel 30:4

So David and his men began to weep out loud. They wept until they couldn’t weep anymore.