“Second is the compassion of the prophet, due to the sting from interior grief: "My eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the maidens of my city." That is: "my eyes," seeing the depredation upon the earth, "cause me grief." That is, spoiling the earth from delight. Or, lamenting exteriorly, the prophet gives himself u…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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51Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
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49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
50Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
— Lamentations 3:51 —
52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.