Lamentations 5:17

17 Because of this we are afraid, and now our eyes are dim.

Lamentations 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:17

For this our heart is faint
Our spirits sink; we are ready to swoon and die away; either for this, that we have sinned; because of our sins, they are so many, so great, and so aggravated; or for those distresses and calamities they have brought upon us before mentioned; or for the desolation of Zion, more especially, after expressed; and so the Targum,

``for this house of the sanctuary, which is desolate, our heart is weak:''
for these [things] our eyes are dim;
or "darkened" F2 almost blinded with weeping; can scarcely see out of them; or as persons in a swoon; for dimness of sight usually attends faintness of spirit.
FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wkvx) "contenebrati sunt", V. L. "obtenebrati", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin, Cocceius.

Lamentations 5:17 In-Context

15 We have no more joy in our hearts; our dancing has turned to sadness.
16 The crown has fallen from our head. How terrible it is because we sinned.
17 Because of this we are afraid, and now our eyes are dim.
18 Mount Zion is empty, and wild dogs wander around it.
19 But you rule forever, Lord. You will be King from now on.
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