My eyes grow weak(A) with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

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Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

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(A)My eye wastes away because of grief;
It grows old because of all my enemies.

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I am worn out calling for help;(A)
    my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,(B)
    looking for my God.

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I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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(A)I am weary with my crying;
My throat is dry;
(B)My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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11 My eyes fail from weeping,(A)
    I am in torment within(B);
my heart(C) is poured out(D) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,(E)
because children and infants faint(F)
    in the streets of the city.

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11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

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11 (A)My eyes fail with tears,
My [a]heart is troubled;
(B)My [b]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because (C)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:11 Lit. inward parts
  2. Lamentations 2:11 Lit. liver