Lamentations 2:18
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
חוֹמָה
O wall of
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חוֹמָה
Wall, surrounding structure. Chomah. Your walls are continually before Me. God sees every boundary in your life and is always aware of what surrounds you.
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דָּמַם
it be still
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דָּמַם
To rest, to be still, to be silent. Damam. Rest in the LORD and wait patiently. Being so still before God that you can hear what He is saying.
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לֵב
heart/ their
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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עַיִן
eye/ your
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עַיִן
Eye, spring of water. Ayin. Open the eyes of my heart LORD. I lift my eyes to You who are enthroned in heaven.
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בַּת
the daughter of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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נָתַן
you give
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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צִיּוֹן
Zion
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צִיּוֹן
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
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צָעַק
it has cried out
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צָעַק
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
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פּוּגָה
rest
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פּוּגָה
intermission
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דִּמְעָה
tears
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דִּמְעָה
weeping
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יוֹמָם
by day
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יוֹמָם
daily
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