Lexicon :: Strong's H3119 - yômām

Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest [in the spring] until [the autumn] rain fell on them; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on their bodies by day, nor the beasts of the field [to feed on them] by night.

Now these are the singers, heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites, living in the temple chambers, free from other service because they were on duty day and night.

“And with a pillar of cloud You led them by day,

And with a pillar of fire by night

To light the way for them

In which they were to go.

You, in Your great mercy and compassion,

Did not abandon them in the wilderness;

The pillar of the cloud did not leave them by day,

To lead them in the way,

Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way they should go.

“In the daytime they meet in darkness,

And at noon they grope as in the night.

“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;

They shut themselves up by day;

They do not know the light [of day].

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.

How long must I take counsel in my soul,

Having sorrow in my heart day after day?

How long will my enemy exalt himself and triumph over me?

O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer;

And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.

For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;

My [fn]energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.

My tears have been my food day and night,

While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Yet the LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,

And in the night His song will be with me,

A prayer to the God of my life.

Day and night they go around her walls;

Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.

In the daytime He led them with a cloud

And all the night with a light of fire.

You will not be afraid of the terror of night,

Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

The sun will not strike you by day,

Nor the moon by night.

And the lookout called like a lion,

“O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower by day,

And I am stationed every night at my guard post.

The burning will not be quenched night or day;

Its smoke will go up forever.

From generation to generation it will lie in ruins;

No one will ever again pass through it.

“Your gates will be open continually;

They shall not be shut day or night,

So that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations—

With their kings led in procession.

“The sun will no longer be your light by day,

Nor shall the bright glow of the moon give light to you,

But the LORD will be an everlasting light for you;

And your God will be your glory and splendor.

Oh that my head were waters

And my eyes a fountain of tears,

That I might weep day and night

For the slain of the daughter of my people!

“Therefore [Jeremiah] you will say this word to them,

‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,

And let them never cease;

For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a great blow,

With a very serious and severely infected wound.

“She who has borne seven [sons] languishes;

She has breathed out her soul.

Her sun has set while it was still day;

She has been shamed and humiliated.

So I will hand over [the rest of] the survivors to the sword

Before their enemies,” says the LORD.

Thus says the LORD,

Who gives the sun for light by day

And the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night,

Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar;

The LORD of hosts is His name:

Their hearts cried out to the Lord.

“O wall of the Daughter of Zion,

Let your tears run down like a river day and night;

Give yourself no relief,

Let your eyes have no rest.

I did as I had been commanded. I brought out my provisions and supplies during the day, like the provisions and supplies of an exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands. I brought out my provisions and supplies in the dark, carrying it on my shoulder as they watched.

“I will set fire to Egypt;

Pelusium will writhe in [great] anguish,

Thebes shall be torn open

And Memphis shall be in daily distress.