Lamentations 1:16

“For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.”

"For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed." - Lamentations 1:16
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What does Lamentations 1:16 mean?

Lamentations 1:16 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed." The Book of…

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Tears of Desperation: Finding Hope in Lamentations

Lamentations 1:16 (KJV) reads: "For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed." This poignant verse strikes at the heart of human…

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A Prayer of Lament and Hope

O Lord, my God, with a heavy heart and sorrowful spirit, I come before You today, reflecting on the profound words of Lamentations 1:16. This poignant scripture resonates deeply within me, revealing the inner turmoil and sadness we experience in a world fraught with pain and…

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Lamentations 1:16 - "For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed."
Lamentations 5:16 - "The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!"
Lamentations 1:6 Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer.
Lamentations 1:6 - "And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer."
Lamentations 3:16 - "He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes."
Lamentations 2:1
Lamentations 2:1
Lamentations 2:1
Lamentations 3:1-18
Lamentations 4:16 - "The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders."
Lamentations 3:13
Lamentations 1:6 Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer.
Lamentations 1:6 Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer.
Lamentations 3:1 - "I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath."
"The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!" - Lamentations 5:16
Lamentations 5:1 - "Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach."
Lamentations 1:1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
Lamentations 1:1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
Lamentations 1:1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
Lamentations 1:1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
Ezekiel 19:1 - "Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,"
Ezekiel 32:16 - "This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD."
Lamentations 1:1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
Lamentations 1:1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people!
Lamentations 2:16 - "All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it."
"He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes." - Lamentations 3:16
Amos 5:16 - "Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing."
2 Samuel 1:17 - "¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:"
Lamentations 1:1 - "How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!"