II Kings 8:11
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Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
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Elisha then fixed Hazael for a long time with his eye, and wept. וגו ויּעמד literally, he made his face stand fast, and directed it (upon Hazael) to shaming. עד־בּשׁ as in Jdg 3:25; not in a shameless manner (Thenius), but till Hazael was embarrassed by it.
Open source ↗The passages of story recorded in this chapter oblige us to look back. I. We read before of a Shuuammite woman that was a kind benefactor to Elisha; now here we are told how she fared the better for it, afterwards, in the advice Elisha gave her, and the favour the king showed her for his sake (Kg2 8:1-6). II. We read before of the designation of Hazael to be king of Syria (Kg1 19:15), and here we have an account of his elevation to that throne and the way he forced for himself to it, by killing his master (Kg2 8:7-15). III. We read before of Jehoram's reigning over Judah in the room of his father Jehoshaphat (Kg1 22:50), now here we have a short and sad history of his short and wicked reign (Kg2 8:16-24), and the beginning of the history of the reign of his son Ahaziah (Kg2 8:25-29).
Open source ↗8:11 Elisha started weeping because he foresaw the atrocities that Hazael would commit against God’s people when he became king (8:28; 9:14-15; 10:32-33; 12:17-18; 13:3, 22).
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As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
But he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household soon heard of it.
Jesus wept.
But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.