Klaagliederen 5:17

17 Daarom is ons hart mat, om deze dingen zijn onze ogen duister geworden.

Klaagliederen 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.

Klaagliederen 5:17 In-Context

15 De vreugde onzes harten houdt op, onze rei is in treurigheid veranderd.
16 De kroon onzes hoofds is afgevallen; o wee nu onzer, dat wij zo gezondigd hebben!
17 Daarom is ons hart mat, om deze dingen zijn onze ogen duister geworden.
18 Om des bergs Sions wil, die verwoest is, waar de vossen op lopen.
19 Gij, o HEERE, zit in eeuwigheid, Uw troon is van geslacht tot geslacht.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.