My eyes have grown dim with grief and all my limbs are like a shadow.
Lamentations 5:17 - Tree of Life Version Because of this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because of this our hearts are faint and sick; because of these things our eyes are dim and see darkly. American Standard Version (1901) For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim; Common English Bible Because of all this our heart is sick; because of these things our glance is dark. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, our heart became gloomy; for this reason, our eyes have been darkened: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore is our heart sorrowful: therefore are our eyes become dim. |
My eyes have grown dim with grief and all my limbs are like a shadow.
You did not hand me over to the enemy. You set my feet in a wide-open place.
For my heart is filled with burning pain, and there is no health in my body.
I am worn out with my groaning. Every night I make my bed swim, drenching my pillow with my tears.
I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing, I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me.
Where will you be struck again, as you stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
Like a swallow or a crane, I whisper, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary, looking upward. Adonai, I am oppressed, be my security!
Why have I seen them? They are shattered, retreating, their warriors beaten, fleeing for cover, no turning back, terror on every side!” It is a declaration of Adonai.
From on high He sent fire into my bones and it overcame them. He spread out a net for my feet; He turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
Let all their evil come before You. Deal with them as you dealt with me, because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many and my heart is faint!”
My eyes are filled with tears. My stomach is in torment. My heart is poured out on the ground over the destruction of the daughter of my people— as young children and infants languish in the city squares.
Sharpened to slaughter ruthlessly! Polished so it will flash like lightning! Or should we rejoice? It is the rod, My son—despising every tree!
“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and proclaim to the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel.
“As for those who remain, I will bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from the sword and fall, even when no one is pursuing.
So also I will strike you severely, desolating you because of your sins.
Among these nations you will find no rest, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot. But there Adonai will give you a trembling heart and failing eyes, and a despairing spirit.