16 For these things I (A)weep;
[a]My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a (B)comforter,
One to restore my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:16 Lit My eye, my eye

16 “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.(A)
No one is near to comfort(B) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”(C)

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48 My [a](A)eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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  1. Lamentations 3:48 Lit eye goes down

48 Streams of tears(A) flow from my eyes(B)
    because my people are destroyed.(C)

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51 My eyes bring pain to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.

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51 What I see brings grief to my soul
    because of all the women of my city.

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