Lamentations 2:18
“Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Lamentations 2:18 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Their heart cried unto the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give thyself no respite; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Ihr Herz schreit zu dem Herrn. Du Mauer der Tochter Zion, laß, einem Bache gleich, Tränen rinnen Tag und Nacht; gönne dir keine Rast, deinem Augapfel keine Ruhe!
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
El corazón de ellos clamaba al Señor: Oh muro de la hija de Sión, echa lágrimas como un arroyo día y noche; no descanses, ni cesen las niñas de tus ojos.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
O coração deles clamou ao Senhor. Ó muralha da filha de Sião, derrama lágrimas como um ribeiro dia e noite; não te dês descanso, nem cessem as meninas de teus olhos.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Os corações deles clamam ao Senhor, muralhas da filha de Sião! Deixai as lágrimas caírem como um rio, dia e noite. Não te dês alívio. Não pares de secar as lágrimas dos teus olhos.
📖 Lamentations 2:18 in Context
16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
17The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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