Lamentations 2:18-19

“Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.”

"Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street." - Lamentations 2:18-19
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What does Lamentations 2:18-19 mean?

The Bible verse Lamentations 2:18-19 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. Arise, cry out in the night…

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Pouring Out Our Hearts to God

In the book of Lamentations, we are met with the raw and poignant cries of a heart in anguish, reflecting a profound yearning for restoration amid sorrow. Lamentations 2:18-19 presents a vivid picture of desperation and hope intertwined, emphasizing the importance of pouring out…

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A Cry for Deliverance: A Prayer Inspired by Lamentations 2:18-19

O Sovereign Lord, Creator of the heavens and earth, we come before Thy holy presence, guided by the heart-wrenching words of Lamentations 2:18-19, where the heart of Your people cries out in deep anguish. Like the daughter of Zion, we too find ourselves in moments of despair…

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Lamentations 2:18-19 - "The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. You walls of Daughter Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest. Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at every street corner."
Matthew 2:18 - "In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not."
Lamentations 3:1-18
Lamentations 2:18 - "Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
Lamentations 3:18 - "And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:"
Lamentations 5:19 – "You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation."
Lamentations 5:19 - "Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation."
Ezekiel 19:1 - "Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,"
Lamentations 2:19 - "Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street."
Ezekiel 19:14 - "And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation."
Lamentations 2:1
Lamentations 2:1
Lamentations 2:1
Lamentations 4:19 - "Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness."
"Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall." - Lamentations 3:19
2 Chronicles 35:25 - "¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations."
Lamentations 4:18 - "They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come."
2 Kings 19:18 - "And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them."
"In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not." - Matthew 2:18
"Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it." - Lamentations 5:18
Lamentations 5:2 - "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."
Lamentations 1:19 - "I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls."
Lamentations 3:2 - "He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light."
2 Samuel 18:19 - "Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies."
"Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel," - Ezekiel 19:1
"And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:" - Lamentations 3:18
2 Kings 18:19 - "And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?"