Lamentations 3:48 (YLT)

Passage

Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:46 Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.

Lamentations 3:47 Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.

Lamentations 3:48 Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Lamentations 3:49 Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,

Lamentations 3:50 Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rivulets", "water", "down", "destruction", "daughter", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rivulets" and "water", 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 hath been for..." into verse 49's "Mine eye is poured out And doth...", so "rivulets" and "water" 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 "rivulets" and "water" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.