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Lamentations 2:11

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My eyes fail from weeping,m

I am in torment withinn;

my hearto is poured outp on the ground

because my people are destroyed,q

because children and infants faintr

in the streets of the city.

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Cross references

  1. m Ps 119:82; Isa 15:3; La 1:16; 3:48–51
  2. n Job 30:27; La 1:20
  3. o Isa 1:5
  4. pver 19; Ps 22:14
  5. q Jer 9:1
  6. rLa 4:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My eyes are spent with weeping;

my stomach churns;

my bile is poured out to the ground

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,

because infants and babies faint

in the streets of the city.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My eyes fail from weeping,

I am in torment within;

my heart is poured out on the ground

because my people are destroyed,

because children and infants faint

in the streets of the city.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My eyes are worn out from weeping;

I am churning within.

My heart is poured out in grief

because of the destruction of my dear people,

because infants and nursing babies faint

in the streets of the city.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have cried until the tears no longer come;

my heart is broken.

My spirit is poured out in agony

as I see the desperate plight of my people.

Little children and tiny babies

are fainting and dying in the streets.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My eyes have spent all their tears;

my stomach is in torment,

my heart is poured out on the earth

because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,

because child and babe faint

in the public squares of a city.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.