Study it in the app“Their heart cried out to Adonai. “Wall of the daughter of Zion, shed tears like a torrent day and night; do not grant yourself relief; do not let the pupil of your eye be still.”
Their heartלִבָּםcried outצָעַקto Adonai.אֶל אֲדֹנָי“Wallחוֹמַתof the daughterבַּתof Zion,צִיּוֹןshedהוֹרִידִיtearsדִּמְעָהlike a torrentכַנַּחַלdayיוֹמָםand night;וָלַיְלָהdo notאַלgrantתִּתְּנִיyourselfלָךְrelief;פוּגַתdo not letאַלthe pupilבַּתof your eyeעֵינֵךְbe still.תִּדֹּם
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appearscry out
To shout for help or justice.
Where else “tsaak” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomat” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horidi” appearstears, weeping
Tears, weeping. In 2 Kings 20:5 YHWH says to Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears." Frequent in the Psalms and in Jeremiah (Psalm 56:8; Jeremiah 9:1).
Where else “dima” appearstorrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appearsby day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titni” appearsrespite, rest
A respite, a rest, a pause.
Where else “fugat” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearsbe silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “tidom” appearsThe Hebrew passes from “their heart” to speaking to the wall of the city.
Zion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
17YHWH has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his saying that he commanded from the days of old; he has torn down and has not pitied; and he has made the enemy rejoice over you; he has raised the horn of your adversaries.
18 · This verse (above)
19Arise, cry aloud in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out like water your heart before the face of Adonai; lift up to him your hands for the life of your little children who faint from hunger at the head of every street.”
