Lamentations 2:18
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.”Lamentations 2:18
What Does Lamentations 2:18 Mean?
Lamentations 2:18 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 2, verse 18 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Lament, and Compassion.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 2:18 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 119:145“I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.”Psalms 119:136“Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.”Jeremiah 9:1“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!”Lamentations 1:16“For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.”Lamentations 2:8“The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.”Lamentations 3:48“Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”Psalms 137:1“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.”Hosea 7:14“And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.”1 Samuel 7:6“And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.”Psalms 6:6“I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.”Isaiah 26:16“LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.”Jeremiah 13:17“But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.”Jeremiah 14:17“Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.”Lamentations 1:2“She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.”Habakkuk 2:11“For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.”Jeremiah 4:31“For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.”Jeremiah 9:17“Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:”Jeremiah 9:18“And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.”Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.”
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