Lamentations 2:11
The Scripture
(11) Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
The chapter describes the sorrow of Jerusalem as its walls are breached and the city is overrun by the enemy. It reflects on the people’s grief, the loss of their homes and the failure of their leaders to protect them. The passage urges the nation to mourn and trust that God will bring restoration.
Read the full chapter and its overview →Cross-references
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lamentations 1:16Lamentations 3:48Lamentations 3:49Lamentations 3:50Lamentations 3:51I Samuel 30:4Psalms 6:7Psalms 31:9Psalms 69:3Isaiah 38:14Lamentations 1:20Jeremiah 4:19
Related verses (shared words)