Lamentations 3:51 (GNV)

Passage

Mine eye breaketh mine heart because of all the daughters of my citie.

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore like a birde, without cause.

Lamentations 3:53 They haue shut vp my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone vpon me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mine", "breaketh", "heart", "daughters", and "citie". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mine" and "breaketh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 50's "Till the Lord looke downe and beholde..." into verse 52's "Mine enemies chased me sore like a...", so "mine" and "breaketh" 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 "breaketh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.