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Lamentaciones 2:18
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Su corazón clamó al Señor: Muralla de la hija de Sion, corran tus lágrimas como un río día y noche, no te des reposo, no tengan descanso tus ojos.
El coraz�n de ellos clamaba al Se�or: Oh muro de la hija de Si�n, corran tus l�grimas como un arroyo d�a y noche; no descanses, ni cesen las ni�as de tus ojos.
Tsade : El coraz�n de ellos clamaba al Se�or: Oh muro de la hija de Sion, echa l�grimas como un arroyo d�a y noche; no descanses, ni calle la ni�a de tu ojo.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
heart: Psalms 119:145, Isaiah 26:16, Isaiah 26:17, Hosea 7:14
O wall: Lamentations 2:8, Habakkuk 2:11
let tears: Lamentations 1:2, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 3:48, Lamentations 3:49, Psalms 119:136, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 9:18, Jeremiah 13:17, Jeremiah 14:17
the apple: Bath ayin which sometimes means the pupil of the eye, seems here to denote tears, the produce of the eye; and therefore elegantly termed the daughter of the eye.
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:6 - drew water Psalms 6:6 - I water Psalms 137:1 - we wept Ezekiel 24:16 - thy tears
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Their heart cried unto the Lord,.... Either the heart of their enemies, as Aben Ezra; which cried against the Lord, and blasphemed him; or rather the heart of the Jews in their distress, when they saw the walls of the city breaking down, they cried unto the Lord for help and protection, whether sincerely or not; no doubt some did; and all were desirous of preservation:
O wall of the daughter of Zion! this seems to be an address of the prophet to the people of Jerusalem carried captive, which was now without houses and inhabitants, only a broken wall standing, some remains and ruins of that; which is mentioned to excite their sorrow and lamentation:
let tears run down like a river, day and night; incessantly, for the destruction and desolation made:
give thyself no rest; or intermission; but weep continually:
let not the apple of thine eye cease; from pouring out tears; or from weeping, as the Targum; or let it not "be silent" b, or asleep; but be open and employed in beholding the miseries of the nation, and in deploring them.
b אל תדם "non taceat", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "ne sileat", Calvin, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Their heart - That of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The prophet bids the wall, as the representative of the people who had dwelt secure under its protection, shed floods of tears on their behalf. Broken up by the enemy, it could be their guardian no longer, but by its ruins it might still cry unto the Lord in their behalf.
A river - Or, a brook or torrent.
Rest - Properly, the torpor and numbness which follows upon excessive grief.
Apple of thine eye - See Psalms 17:8 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 18. O wall of the daughter of Zion — חומת בת ציון chomath bath tsiyon, wall of the daughter of Zion. These words are probably those of the passengers, who appear to be affected by the desolations of the land; and they address the people, and urge them to plead with God day and night for their restoration. But what is the meaning of wall of the daughter of Zion? I answer I do not know. It is certainly harsh to say "O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night." Zion's ways may lament, and her streets mourn; but how the walls can be said to weep is not so easy to be understood, because there is no parallel for it. One of my most ancient MSS. omits the three words; and in it the text stands thus: "Their heart cried unto the Lord, Let tears run down like a river day and night; give thyself no rest," &c.
Let not the apple of thine eye cease. — בת עין bath ayin means either the pupil of the eye, or the tears. Tears are the produce of the eye, and are here elegantly termed the daughter of the eye. Let not thy tears cease. But with what propriety can we say to the apple or pupil of the eye, Do not cease! Tears are most certainly meant.
