Lamentations 3:51 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

Ver. 51. Mine eye affecteth my heart.] Iisdem quibus videmus oculis flemus, We see and weep with the same eyes. But Pliny a wondereth where that humour is at other times that floweth out of the eyes so readily and plentifully in case of grief.

Because of all the daughters of my city.] Or, Prae omnibus filiabus, ‘More than all the daughters,' &c.; more than the most passionate women use to weep when they are most grieved.

a Lib. ii. cap. 32.

Lamentations 3:51

51 Mine eye affecteth mine heartl because of all the daughters of my city.