Lamentations 3 (New International Version)
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I am the man who has seen affliction1 by the rod of his wrath.2
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He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness3 rather than light;
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indeed, he has turned his hand against me4 again and again, all day long.
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He has made my skin and my flesh grow old5 and has broken my bones.6
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He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness7 and hardship.8
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He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.9
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He has walled me in so I cannot escape;10 he has weighed me down with chains.11
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Even when I call out or cry for help,12 he shuts out my prayer.13
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He has barred14 my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.15
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Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion16 in hiding,17
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he dragged me from the path and mangled18 me and left me without help.
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He drew his bow19 and made me the target20 for his arrows.21
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He pierced22 my heart with arrows from his quiver.23
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I became the laughingstock24 of all my people;25 they mock me in song26 all day long.
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He has filled me with bitter herbs and sated me with gall.27
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He has broken my teeth with gravel;28 he has trampled me in the dust.29
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I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
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So I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord."30
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I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness31 and the gall.32
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I well remember them, and my soul is downcast33 within me.34
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Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
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Because of the LORD's great love35 we are not consumed,36 for his compassions never fail.37
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They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.38
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I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;39 therefore I will wait for him."
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The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;40
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it is good to wait quietly41 for the salvation of the Lord.42
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It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
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Let him sit alone in silence,43 for the LORD has laid it on him.
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Let him bury his face in the dust44-- there may yet be hope.45
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Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,46 and let him be filled with disgrace.47
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For men are not cast off by the Lord forever.48
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Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.49
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For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men.50
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To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,
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to deny a man his rights before the Most High,51
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to deprive a man of justice-- would not the Lord see such things?52
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Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?53
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Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?54
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Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins?55
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Let us examine our ways and test them,56 and let us return to the Lord.57
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Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven,58 and say:
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"We have sinned and rebelled59 and you have not forgiven.60
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"You have covered yourself with anger and pursued61 us; you have slain without pity.62
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You have covered yourself with a cloud63 so that no prayer64 can get through.65
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You have made us scum66 and refuse among the nations.
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"All our enemies have opened their mouths wide67 against us.68
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We have suffered terror and pitfalls,69 ruin and destruction.70"
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Streams of tears71 flow from my eyes72 because my people are destroyed.73
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My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,74
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until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.75
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What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.
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Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.76
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They tried to end my life in a pit77 and threw stones at me;
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the waters closed over my head,78 and I thought I was about to be cut off.79
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I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths80 of the pit.81
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You heard my plea:82 "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief."
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You came near83 when I called you, and you said, "Do not fear."84
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O Lord, you took up my case;85 you redeemed my life.86
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You have seen, O Lord, the wrong done to me.87 Uphold my cause!88
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You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.89
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O Lord, you have heard their insults,90 all their plots against me--
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what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.91
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Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.92
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Pay them back what they deserve, O Lord, for what their hands have done.93
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Put a veil over their hearts,94 and may your curse be on them!
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Pursue95 them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord.
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Geneva Study Bible
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
- Lamentations
- Lamentations 3
- Lamentations 3:1
- Lamentations 3:2
- Lamentations 3:3
- Lamentations 3:4
- Lamentations 3:5
- Lamentations 3:6
- Lamentations 3:7
- Lamentations 3:8
- Lamentations 3:9
- Lamentations 3:10
- Lamentations 3:11
- Lamentations 3:12
- Lamentations 3:13
- Lamentations 3:14
- Lamentations 3:15
- Lamentations 3:16
- Lamentations 3:17
- Lamentations 3:18
- Lamentations 3:19
- Lamentations 3:20
- Lamentations 3:21
- Lamentations 3:22
- Lamentations 3:23
- Lamentations 3:24
- Lamentations 3:25
- Lamentations 3:26
- Lamentations 3:27
- Lamentations 3:28
- Lamentations 3:29
- Lamentations 3:30
- Lamentations 3:31
- Lamentations 3:32
- Lamentations 3:33
- Lamentations 3:34
- Lamentations 3:35
- Lamentations 3:36
- Lamentations 3:37
- Lamentations 3:38
- Lamentations 3:39
- Lamentations 3:40
- Lamentations 3:41
- Lamentations 3:42
- Lamentations 3:43
- Lamentations 3:44
- Lamentations 3:45
- Lamentations 3:46
- Lamentations 3:47
- Lamentations 3:48
- Lamentations 3:49
- Lamentations 3:50
- Lamentations 3:51
- Lamentations 3:52
- Lamentations 3:53
- Lamentations 3:54
- Lamentations 3:55
- Lamentations 3:56
- Lamentations 3:57
- Lamentations 3:58
- Lamentations 3:59
- Lamentations 3:60
- Lamentations 3:61
- Lamentations 3:62
- Lamentations 3:63
- Lamentations 3:64
- Lamentations 3:65
- Lamentations 3:66
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise)
Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)
Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge
- Lamentations
- Lamentations 3
- Lamentations 3:1
- Lamentations 3:2
- Lamentations 3:3
- Lamentations 3:4
- Lamentations 3:5
- Lamentations 3:6
- Lamentations 3:7
- Lamentations 3:8
- Lamentations 3:9
- Lamentations 3:10
- Lamentations 3:11
- Lamentations 3:12
- Lamentations 3:13
- Lamentations 3:14
- Lamentations 3:15
- Lamentations 3:16
- Lamentations 3:17
- Lamentations 3:18
- Lamentations 3:19
- Lamentations 3:20
- Lamentations 3:21
- Lamentations 3:22
- Lamentations 3:23
- Lamentations 3:24
- Lamentations 3:25
- Lamentations 3:26
- Lamentations 3:27
- Lamentations 3:28
- Lamentations 3:29
- Lamentations 3:30
- Lamentations 3:31
- Lamentations 3:32
- Lamentations 3:33
- Lamentations 3:34
- Lamentations 3:35
- Lamentations 3:36
- Lamentations 3:37
- Lamentations 3:38
- Lamentations 3:39
- Lamentations 3:40
- Lamentations 3:41
- Lamentations 3:42
- Lamentations 3:43
- Lamentations 3:44
- Lamentations 3:45
- Lamentations 3:46
- Lamentations 3:47
- Lamentations 3:48
- Lamentations 3:49
- Lamentations 3:50
- Lamentations 3:51
- Lamentations 3:52
- Lamentations 3:53
- Lamentations 3:54
- Lamentations 3:55
- Lamentations 3:56
- Lamentations 3:57
- Lamentations 3:58
- Lamentations 3:59
- Lamentations 3:60
- Lamentations 3:61
- Lamentations 3:62
- Lamentations 3:63
- Lamentations 3:64
- Lamentations 3:65
- Lamentations 3:66
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
7.
Lamentations 3:5 - ver 19
31.
Lamentations 3:19 - ver 5
32.
Lamentations 3:19 - S ver 15
95.
Lamentations 3:66 - S ver 43