Lamentations 3:49 (KJV)

Passage

Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

Nearby Context

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.

Lamentations 3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 48's "Mine eye runneth down with rivers of..." into verse 50's "Till the LORD look down and behold...", so "mine" and "trickleth" 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 "trickleth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.