Lamentations 4:17
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.”
הֶבֶל
Vanity, breath, emptiness. Hebel. A breath that vanishes, emptiness. Ecclesiastes says everything apart from God is hebel. It looks solid but it is vapor. Only God endures.
יָשַׁע
it will save
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יָשַׁע
To save, to deliver, to give victory. Yasha. The root of the name Jesus. God saves. He rescues from every form of bondage. He is eager to save.
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כָּלָה
they failed
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כָּלָה
To be completed, to be finished. Kalah. It is finished. The word Jesus cried from the cross. The work of redemption was completely done.
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עוֹד
yet/ we
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עוֹד
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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עַיִן
eyes/ our
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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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גּוֹי
a nation
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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צָפָה
we watched
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צָפָה
properly, to lean forward, i.e. to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
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לֹא
which not
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לֹא
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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