Klagelieder 3:49

49 Meine Augen fließen und können nicht ablassen; denn es ist kein Aufhören da,

Klagelieder 3:49 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:49

Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not
From weeping, as the Targum: the prophet was continually weeping; the distresses of his people were always uppermost in his mind; and which so affected him, that it drew tears from his eyes, which constantly trickled down his cheeks: without any intermission;
or, "without intermissions" F14; there were no stops or pauses in his grief, and in the expressions of it: or it may be rendered, "because [there were] no intermissions" F15; that is, of the miseries of his people; so Jarchi,

``because there were no changes and passing away;''
that is of evils; and to the same purpose the Targum,
``because there is none that intermits my distress, and speaks comforts to me.''

FOOTNOTES:

F14 (twgph Nyam) "a non intermissionibus", Montanus, Calvin; "sine intervallis", Cocceius.
F15 "Eo quod nullae sunt intermissiones", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Tigurine version.

Klagelieder 3:49 In-Context

47 Wir werden gedrückt und geplagt mit Schrecken und Angst.
48 Meine Augen rinnen mit Wasserbächen über den Jammer der Tochter meines Volks.
49 Meine Augen fließen und können nicht ablassen; denn es ist kein Aufhören da,
50 bis der HERR vom Himmel herabschaue uns sehe darein.
51 Mein Auge frißt mir das Leben weg um die Töchter meiner Stadt.
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