Lamentations 3:48

“Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

"Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people." - Lamentations 3:48
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What does Lamentations 3:48 mean?

Lamentations 3:48 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people." This verse is found in the book of Lamentations, which is traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah. The book is…

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Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, my heart is heavy with the weight of sorrow that surrounds us. The words of Lamentations 3:48 resonate deeply within my soul: "Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people." Lord, as I…

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Lamentations 3:48 - "Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people."
Lamentations 3:48-49 KJV Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. (49) Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Lamentations 3:48-51 KJV Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. (49) Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, (50) Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. (51) Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
Jeremiah 48:38 - "There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD."
Lamentations 3:13
Lamentations 3:1-18
Lamentations 3:31 - "For the Lord will not cast off for ever:"
Psalms 48:3 - "God is known in her palaces for a refuge."
Lamentations 3:23 - "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:3 - "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
Lamentations 3:47 - "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 3:34 - "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,"
Lamentations 3:50 - "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven."
Lamentations 3:29 - "He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Lamentations 3:2 - "He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light."
Lamentations 3:21 - "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope."
Lamentations 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:49 - "Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,"
Lamentations 3:45 - "Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people."
Lamentations 3:20 - "My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me."
Lamentations 3:35 - "To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,"
Lamentations 3:63 - "Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick."
Lamentations 3:33 - "For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."
Lamentations 3:46 - "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us."