Charles Ellicott Commentary Lamentations 1:16

"For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed." — Lamentations 1:16 (ASV)

For these things ... —The unparalleled misery finds vent in a flood of bitterest tears. We note the emphasis of iteration in mine eye, mine eye. On “relieve,” see Note on Lamentations 1:11; and on “desolate,” see Note on Lamentations 1:13.