Lamentations 3:51

“Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.”

"Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city." - Lamentations 3:51
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What does Lamentations 3:51 mean?

Lamentations 3:51 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city." The book of Lamentations is a collection of five poetic laments over the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC. It is traditionally attributed to…

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The Weight of Our City: A Heartfelt Reflection on Lamentations 3:51

The book of Lamentations serves as a poignant reminder of the depths of human sorrow and the power of empathy. In Lamentations 3:51, we read the evocative words: "Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city." This short yet profound verse encapsulates…

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A Heartfelt Cry for Compassion and Healing

O Heavenly Father, In the stillness of this moment, I come before You with a heavy heart, burdened by the weight of the world around me. Your Word in Lamentations 3:51—‘Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city’—resonates deeply within my soul. It…

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Lamentations 3:51 - "Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city."
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.
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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."
Psalms 51:3 - "For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me."
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."
Lamentations 3:42 - "We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned."
Lamentations 3:65 - "Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them."