Lamentations 3:48 (DRB)

Passage

Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:46 Phe. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

Lamentations 3:47 Phe. Prophecy is become to us a fear, and a snare, and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48 Phe. My eye hath run down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Ain. My eye is afflicted, and hath not been quiet, because there was no rest:

Lamentations 3:50 Ain. Till the Lord regarded and looked down from the heavens.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "down", "streams", "water", "destruction", "daughter", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "down", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 47's "Phe Prophecy is become to us a..." into verse 49's "Ain My eye is afflicted and hath...", so "hath" and "down" 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 "hath" and "down" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.