Lamentations 3:48

Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 2:11 uses nearly identical language — eyes failing with tears over the destruction of the daughter of my people — reinforcing the same lament.

Lamentations 2:18 commands tears to run down like a river day and night — the same vivid image of ceaseless weeping for Zion's ruin.

Lamentations 1:16 also weeps with flowing eyes over Jerusalem's desolation — same book, same sorrow.

Lamentations 4:10 gives a horrifying example of the 'destruction' causing the tears in 3:48 — mothers cooking their own children.

Jeremiah 9:1 wishes for a fountain of tears to weep day and night for the slain — the same desire for unending lament over Judah's fall.

Jeremiah 9:18 describes eyes running with tears and eyelids gushing waters — directly parallel to the 'rivers of water' from the eyes here.

Jeremiah 13:17 speaks of weeping sore with tears running down because the flock is carried captive — identical lament for Judah's exile.

In Romans 9:1-3, Paul's anguish for Israel mirrors Jeremiah's tears — both mourn their people's spiritual ruin with deep personal sorrow.

Psalm 137:1 Parallel

Psalm 137:1 echoes weeping for Zion in exile — the same corporate grief over Jerusalem's fall as Lamentations.

Jeremiah 6:26 calls for sackcloth and bitter mourning over the destroyer — directly parallels the weeping over destruction.

Jeremiah 14:17 nearly quotes Lamentations: 'eyes run down with tears night and day' over the daughter of my people — identical theme.

Romans 9:2 Parallel

In Romans 9:2, Paul expresses the same unceasing sorrow for Israel's spiritual state, mirroring the prophet's tears.

Psalm 119:136 also speaks of rivers of tears, but for disregard of God's law — adding a moral dimension to the weeping here over national destruction.