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For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water; Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.
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The Language of Deep Grief
Commentators explain that the repetitive phrase 'mine eye, mine eye' is not just poetic but a deliberate expression of overwhelming and vehement grief. The scale of the calamity was so immense that simple statements were insufficient, requiring such intense language to convey the depth of the sorrow and desolation.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The lamentation of the city, personified as a woman in grief over her fate.
(Lamentations 1:13)
It prevails - Or, …
19th Century
Anglican
For these things ... —The unparalleled misery finds vent in a flood of bitterest tears. We note the emphasis of iteration in mine eye,…
16th Century
Protestant
He describes in detail the calamities of Jerusalem. It is no wonder that the Prophet thus extended his discourse, for we know that those who are he…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For these [things] I weep The congregation of Judah, the godly among them, particularly Jeremiah, who represented th…
Jerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferi…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he weeps over the withdrawal of consolation.
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