Lamentations 5:17

17 So our hearts are weak. Our eyes can't see very clearly.

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 There isn't any joy in our hearts. Our dancing has turned into sobbing.
16 All of our honor is gone. How terrible it is for us! We have sinned.
17 So our hearts are weak. Our eyes can't see very clearly.
18 Mount Zion has been deserted. Wild dogs are prowling all around on it.
19 Lord, you rule forever. Your throne will last for all time to come.
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