Lamentations 3:49 (GNV)

Passage

Mine eye droppeth without stay and ceaseth not,

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:47 Feare, and a snare is come vpon vs with desolation and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48 Mine eye casteth out riuers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Mine eye droppeth without stay and ceaseth not,

Lamentations 3:50 Till the Lord looke downe, and beholde from heauen.

Lamentations 3:51 Mine eye breaketh mine heart because of all the daughters of my citie.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 48's "Mine eye casteth out riuers of water..." into verse 50's "Till the Lord looke downe and beholde...", so "mine" and "droppeth" 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 "droppeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.