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Lamentations 5

Lam. 5:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For this our heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is faint
daveh (Hebrew #1739)
sick (especially in menstruation)
KJV usage: faint, menstruous cloth, she that is sick, having sickness.
Pronounce: daw-veh'
Origin: from 1738
e; for these things our eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
are dim
chashak (Hebrew #2821)
to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
KJV usage: be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
Pronounce: khaw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Mic. 6:13• 13Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. (Mic. 6:13)

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Lam. 1:13,22• 13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
 22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. (Lam. 1:13,22)
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Lev. 26:36• 36And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. (Lev. 26:36)
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Isa. 1:5• 5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)
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Jer. 8:18• 18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. (Jer. 8:18)
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Jer. 46:5• 5Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the Lord. (Jer. 46:5)
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Ezek. 21:7,15• 7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.
 15I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. (Ezek. 21:7,15)
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Mic. 6:13• 13Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. (Mic. 6:13)
our eyes.
Lam. 2:11• 11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. (Lam. 2:11)
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Deut. 28:65• 65And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: (Deut. 28:65)
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Job 17:7• 7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. (Job 17:7)
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Psa. 6:7• 7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. (Psa. 6:7)
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Psa. 31:9• 9Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. (Psa. 31:9)
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Psa. 69:3• 3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Psa. 69:3)
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Isa. 38:14• 14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. (Isa. 38:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,