48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
48 my eyes flow with rivers of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
48 Rivers of tears pour from my eyes at the smashup of my dear people.
48 My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
48 Tears stream from my eyes because of the destruction of my people!
91 Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.
91 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
91
91 I wish my head were a well of water and my eyes fountains of tears So I could weep day and night for casualties among my dear, dear people.
91 Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
91 If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for all my people who have been slaughtered.
(Read Jeremiah 9:1-11)
Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without communion with God, through Christ Jesus, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, must be a place for temptation and evil; while, with these blessings, we may live in holiness in crowded cities. The people accustomed their tongues to lies. So false were they, that a brother could not be trusted. In trading and bargaining they said any thing for their own advantage, though they knew it to be false. But God marked their sin. Where no knowledge of God is, what good can be expected? He has many ways of turning a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 3:48
Commentary on Lamentations 3:42-54
(Read Lamentations 3:42-54)
The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.