MANNAFEST

Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

KJV

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4 additional translations
ASV

Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

WEB

My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,

YLT

Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,

DBT

Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

About this book

Old Testament

LamentationsFive poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.

Author
Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
Date
Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC

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