Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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Gill's Exposition
They have cut off my life in the dungeon,.... Jarchi interprets it,
"they bound me in the prison.''
Jeremiah was both in a prison and in a dungeon, where he was deprived of the society of men, as…
The deep sympathy of the prophet, which pours itself forth in abundant tears over the distress of his people. Lam 3:51 Or, “Mine eye” causeth pain to my soul, i. e. maketh my soul ache, because of the…
It is easier to chide ourselves for complaining than to chide ourselves out of it. The prophet had owned that a living man should not complain, as if he checked himself for his complaints in the…
Cambridge Bible
runneth down with rivers of water a still stronger expression than that of Lam 1:16, where see note. Cp. Jer 13:17; Psa 119:136.
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