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Lamentations Chapter 5 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Lamentations 5:17

For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
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BBE Lamentations 5:17

Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;
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DARBY Lamentations 5:17

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
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KJV Lamentations 5:17

For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
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WBT Lamentations 5:17

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WEB Lamentations 5:17

For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
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YLT Lamentations 5:17

For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 17, 18. - These verses form a transition to the final appeal. The thought of the desolation of Zion overwhelms the spirit of the poet. But he will soon be able to lift himself up again when he recalls the sublime truth of the inviolable security of Israel's God. Foxes; rather, jackals.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) For this . . . for these things.--The first clause refers to the loss of national honour indicated in Lamentations 5:16; the latter, to all the horrors named in Lamentations 5:8-15.