Lamentations 3:49 (DBY)

Passage

Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:47 Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.

Lamentations 3:48 Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Lamentations 3:50 till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.

Lamentations 3:51 Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mine", "poureth", "down", "ceaseth", "without", and "intermission". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mine" and "poureth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 48's "Mine eye runneth down with streams of..." into verse 50's "till Jehovah look down and behold from...", so "mine" and "poureth" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mine" and "poureth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.