Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Arise	ק֣וּמִי Ku.mi	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
out	רֹ֣נִּי Ro.ni	H7442	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
night	בַלַּ֗יְלָה va.la.yil	H3915	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
beginning	לְרֹאשׁ֙ le.roSh	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
watches	אַשְׁמֻר֔וֹת 'ash.mu.Rot	H821	a night watch · noun, common feminine plural absolute
out	שִׁפְכִ֤י shif.Khi	H8210	to spill forth (blood · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
heart	לִבֵּ֔ךְ li.Bekh	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
water	כַמַּ֙יִם֙ kha.Ma.yim	H4325	water · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
before	נֹ֖כַח No.khach	H5227	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular construct
face	פְּנֵ֣י pe.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Lord	אֲדֹנָ֑י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
up	שְׂאִ֧י se.'I	H5375	to lift · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
hands	כַּפַּ֗יִךְ ka.Pa.yikh	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
life	נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ ne.fesh	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct
children	עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְ o.la.La.yikh	H5768	a suckling · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
faint	הָעֲטוּפִ֥ים ha.'a.tu.Fim	H5848	to shroud · definite article + verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
hunger	בְּרָעָ֖ב be.ra.'Av	H7458	hunger (more or less extensive) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
top	בְּרֹ֥אשׁ be.Rosh	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
street	חוּצֽוֹת chu.Tzot	H2351	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalms 119:147-148 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
Isaiah 26:9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth…
Psalms 142:2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
1 Samuel 1:15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured o…
Psalms 141:2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Lamentations 2:11-12 Mine 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; b…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Justly are these called Lamentations, and they are very pathetic ones, the expressions of grief in perfection, mourning and woe, and nothing else, like the contents of Ezekiel's roll, Eze 2:10. I. Copies of lamentations are here presented and they are painted to the life. 1. The judges and magistrates, who used to appear in robes of state, have laid them aside, or rather are stripped of them, and put on the habit of mourners (Lam 2:10); the elders now sit no longer in the judgment-seats, the thrones of the house of David, but they sit upon the ground, having no seat to repose themselves in, or in token of great grief, as Job's friends sat with him upon the ground, Job 2:13. They open not the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:19

cry . . . in . . . night-- (Psa 119:147). beginning of . . . watches--that is, the first of the three equal divisions (four hours each) into which the ancient Jews divided the night; namely, from sunset to ten o'clock. The second was called "the middle watch" (Jdg 7:19), from ten till two o'clock. The third, "the morning watch," from two to sunrise (Exo 14:24; Sa1 11:11). Afterwards, under the Romans, they had four watches (Mat 14:25; Luk 12:38). for . . . thy . . . children--that God, if He will not spare thee, may at least preserve "thy young children." top of . . . street-- (Isa 51:20; Nah 3:10).

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night - This seems to refer to Jerusalem besieged. Ye who keep the night watches, pour out your hearts before the Lord, instead of calling the time of night, etc.; or, when you call it, send up a fervent prayer to God for the safety and relief of the place.

John Gill on Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night,.... That is, O daughter of Zion, or congregation of Israel, as the Targum; who are addressed and called upon by the prophet to arise from their beds, and shake off their sleep, and sloth, and stupidity, and cry to God in the night season; and be earnest and importunate with him for help and assistance. Aben Ezra rightly observes, that the word used signifies a lifting up of the voice both in singing and in lamentation; here it is used in the latter sense; and denotes great vehemency and earnestness in crying unto God, arising from deep distress and sorrow, which prevents sleep: in the beginning of the watches; either at the first of them; so Broughton renders it…

Dictionary and topics

Day — The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). It was originally divided into three parts (Ps. 55:17). “The heat of the day” (1 Sam. 11:11; Neh. 7:3) was at our nine o’clock, and “the…
Lamentations Of Jeremiah — Title.—The Hebrew title of this book, Ecah, is taken, like the titles of the five books of Moses, from the Hebrew word with which it opens. Author.—The poems included in this collection appear in the…
Watches — The periods into which the time between sunset and sunrise was divided. They are so called because watchmen relieved each other at each of these periods. There are frequent references in Scripture to…
Watches Of Night — The Jews, like the Greeks and Romans, divided the night into military watches instead of hours, each watch representing the period for which sentinels or pickets remained on duty. The proper Jewish…
Afflictions Made Beneficial · In leading us to seek God in prayer — In leading us to seek God in prayer
Famine · 5:17;14:1-6;48:33; — 5:17;14:1-6;48:33;
Night · Divi — Divi
Prayer · Postures in: Lifting up the hands — Postures in: Lifting up the hands

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Lamentations 2:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:19

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:19

John Gill on Lamentations 2:19

Dictionary and topics

Lamentations 2:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:19

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:19

John Gill on Lamentations 2:19

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Lamentations 2:19

Keil & Delitzsch on Lamentations 2:17-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Lamentations 2:18-19

Rashi on Lamentations 2:19