Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

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Bible References

Heart

Psalm 119:145
I cried with all my heart. Answer me, O Jehovah! I will observe your statutes.
Isaiah 26:16
Jehovah, they came to you in their distress. When you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.
Hosea 7:14
And they do not cry to me from their heart when they wail on their beds. For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble, but they turn away from me.

O wall

Lamentations 2:8
It is Jehovah's purpose to turn the wall of the daughter of Zion into waste. His line has been stretched out. He has not kept back his hand from destruction. He has sent sorrow on tower and wall. They have become feeble together.
Habakkuk 2:11
The stones will cry out from the wall. The beams out of the woodwork will answer it.

Let tears

Lamentations 1:2
She weeps bitterly in the night. Her cheeks are wet from crying. Her lovers offer no comfort. Her friends have been false to her. They have become her enemies.
Lamentations 3:48
Rivers of water run down from my eyes because pf the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Psalm 119:136
My eyes shed streams of water, because they do not keep your law.
Jeremiah 4:31
I hear a woman in labor. I hear the woman cry with anguish as she gives birth to her first child. My people Zion gasp for breath. They stretch out their hands and say: How horrible it is for us! My life is exhausted by the presence of murderers!
Jeremiah 9:1
Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears. Then I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jeremiah 13:17
If you will not listen, I will cry secretly over your arrogance. I will cry bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears because Jehovah's flock will be taken captive.
Jeremiah 14:17
Say this to them: 'My eyes flow with tears day and night without stopping because my dear people will suffer massive destruction. It will be a very serious blow.

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Lamentations 3:48
Rivers of water run down from my eyes because pf the destruction of the daughter of my people.