Lamentations 3:48

3:48 Streams ¹  of tears flow from my eyes ² 

because my people ³  are destroyed. ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 28:56-57

28:56 Likewise, the most ⁵  tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, ⁶  will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters, 28:57 and will secretly eat her afterbirth ⁷  and her newborn children ⁸  (since she has nothing else), ⁹  because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

Deuteronomy 28:2

28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance ¹⁰  if you obey the Lord your God:

Deuteronomy 6:1

Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles

6:1 Now these are the commandments, ¹¹  statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed ¹² 

¹ tn Heb “canals.” The phrase “canals of water” (eye water = tears) is an example of hyperbole. The English idiom “streams of tears” is also hyperbolic.

² tn Heb “my eyes flow down with canals of water.”

³ tn Heb “the daughter of my people,” or “the Daughter, my people.”

⁴ tn Heb “because of the destruction of [the daughter of my people].”

⁵ tc The LXX adds σφόδρα (sfodra, “very”) to bring the description into line with v. 54.

⁶ tn Heb “delicateness and tenderness.”

⁷ tn Heb includes “that which comes out from between her feet.”

⁸ tn Heb “her sons that she will bear.”

⁹ tn Heb includes “in her need for everything.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”

¹¹ tn Heb “commandment.” The word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) again is in the singular, serving as a comprehensive term for the whole stipulation section of the book. See note on the word “commandments” in 5:31.

¹² tn Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”