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Lam 2:18 — Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

heart		Psa 119:145; Isa 26:16,17; Hsa 7:14
O wall		Lam 2:8; Hab 2:11
let tears		Lam 1:2,16; Lam 3:48,49; Psa 119:136; Jer 4:31; Jer 9:1,17,18; Jer 13:17; Jer 14:17
the apple		Bath ayin, which sometimes means the pupil of the eye, seems here to denote tears, the produce of the eye; and therefore elegantly termed the daughter of the eye.

Correlating Passages

heart

	Psa 119:145	KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
	Isa 26:16	LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.
	Isa 26:17	Like as a woman with child, [that] draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
	Hsa 7:14	And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, [and] they rebel against me.

O wall

	Lam 2:8	The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
	Hab 2:11	For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

let tears

	Lam 1:2	She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears [are] on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort [her]: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
	Lam 1:16	For these [things] I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
	Lam 3:48	Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
	Lam 3:49	Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
	Psa 119:136	Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
	Jer 4:31	For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, [and] the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, [that] bewaileth herself, [that] spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe [is] me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
	Jer 9:1	Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
	Jer 9:17	Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may come:
	Jer 9:18	And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
	Jer 13:17	But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
	Jer 14:17	Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

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Scott, Thomas. "Lamentations 2:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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