Lamentaciones 5:17

17 Desfallece nuestro corazón;se apagan nuestros ojos,

Lamentaciones 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Lamentaciones 5:17 In-Context

15 En nuestro corazón ya no hay gozo;la alegría de nuestras danzas se convirtió en tristeza.

16 Nuestra cabeza se ha quedado sin corona.¡Ay de nosotros; hemos pecado!

17 Desfallece nuestro corazón;se apagan nuestros ojos,

18 porque el monte Sión se halla desolado,y sobre él rondan los chacales.

19 Pero tú, SEÑOR, reinas por siempre;tu trono permanece eternamente.