Lamentations 3:51 (DRB)

Passage

Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 3:51 Ain. My eye hath wasted my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

Lamentations 3:52 Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

Lamentations 3:53 Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "wasted", "soul", "daughters", and "city". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "wasted", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 50's "Ain Till the Lord regarded and looked..." into verse 52's "Sade My enemies have chased me and...", so "hath" and "wasted" 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 "wasted" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.