Lamentations 2:18
God’s Anger over Jerusalem
17The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes. 18The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
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Berean Standard Bible
The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river
day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
American Standard Version (1901)
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 respite; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Bible in Basic English
Let your cry go up to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your weeping be flowing down like a stream day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes keep back the drops of sorrow.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Sade. Their heart cried to the Lord upon the walls of the daughter of Sion: Let tears run down like a torrent day and night: give thyself no rest, and let not the apple of thy eye cease.
Free Bible Version
The people cry out to the Lord from the bottom of their hearts. Daughter of Zion, let your walls stream down with tears like a river all day and night. Don't stop, go on crying!
Geneva Bible 1599
Their heart cryed vnto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let teares runne downe like a riuer, day and night: take thee no rest, neither let the apple of thine eye cease.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
I wish/desire that the walls of Jerusalem [APO] would cry out to Yahweh! You people of Jerusalem [MET], Cry day and night!
Let your tears flow like rivers. Do not stop grieving; do not stop crying.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Their heart cried out to the Lord,
walls of the daughter of Zion! Make your tears flow down like a river day and night.
Give yourself no relief, your eyes no relief.
Noah Webster Bible
Their heart cried to 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 thy eye cease.
World English Bible
Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Zion,
let tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief. Don’t let your eyes rest.
Young's Literal Translation
Cried hath their heart unto the Lord; O wall of the daughter of Zion, Cause to go down as a stream tears daily and nightly, Give not rest to thyself, Let not the daughter of thine eye stand still.