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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; I will make 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:{HR}He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back:{HR}He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
 22Let all their wickedness come before thee;{HR}And do unto them as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions:{HR}For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. (Lam. 1:13,22)
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Lev. 26:36• 36And as to those that remain of you, I will send faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as one fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth; (Lev. 26:36)
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Isa. 1:5• 5Why be smitten 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• 18My comfort in my sadness! 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 Jehovah. (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 Jehovah.
 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; I will make thee desolate because of thy sins. (Mic. 6:13)
our eyes.
Lam. 2:11• 11Mine eyes do fill with tears, my bowels are troubled,{HR}My liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people;{HR}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 have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul. (Deut. 28:65)
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Job 17:7• 7Mine eye also is dim with sorrow,{HR}And all my frame a shadow. (Job 17:7)
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Psa. 6:7• 7Mine eye is consumed through grief,{HR}It has grown old because of all mine adversaries. (Psa. 6:7)
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Psa. 31:9• 9Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah, for I am distressed;{HR}Consumed with grief [is] mine eye, my soul and my belly. (Psa. 31:9)
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Psa. 69:3• 3I am wearied in my crying, parched is my throat,{HR}Mine eyes fail, while waiting for my God (Eloah). (Psa. 69:3)
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Isa. 38:14• 14Like a swallow, a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward. Jehovah, 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,

W. Kelly Translation

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Because of this our heart is faint; for these our eyes are dim;