Lamentations 1:16
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
The chapter opens with a lament for Jerusalem, describing the city's desolation and the people's grief after God's fierce anger. It records that God has poured out his wrath, causing the destruction of the city and the exile of its people.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lamentations 1:2Lamentations 1:9Lamentations 2:11Lamentations 2:18Lamentations 3:48Lamentations 3:49Psalms 119:136Jeremiah 9:1Jeremiah 9:10Jeremiah 13:17Jeremiah 14:17Luke 19:41
Related verses (shared words)
Luke 6:42Deuteronomy 19:21Luke 11:34Jeremiah 13:17Exodus 21:24Exodus 21:26