Lamentations 3:48 (KJV)

Passage

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Nearby Context

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

Lamentations 3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

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

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

Lamentations 3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 47's "Fear and a snare is come upon..." into verse 49's "Mine eye trickleth down and ceaseth not...", so "mine" and "runneth" 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 "runneth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.