Lamentations 3:25-45

25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
26 it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
28 Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.
30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.
31 For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.
34 To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,
35 to deny people their rights before the Most High,
36 to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things?
37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?
40 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.
43 “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.

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Cross References 27

  • 1. S Psalms 33:18; Isaiah 25:9; S Isaiah 30:18
  • 2. S Isaiah 7:4
  • 3. Psalms 37:7; Psalms 40:1
  • 4. Jeremiah 15:17; Lamentations 2:10
  • 5. S Job 2:8
  • 6. S Jeremiah 31:17
  • 7. S Job 16:10; S Isaiah 50:6
  • 8. Micah 5:1
  • 9. Psalms 94:14; Isaiah 54:7
  • 10. Psalms 78:38; Psalms 106:43-45; Hosea 11:8; Nahum 1:12
  • 11. S Job 37:23; S Jeremiah 31:20; Ezekiel 18:23; Ezekiel 33:11
  • 12. Ge 14:18,19,20,22
  • 13. Psalms 140:12; S Proverbs 17:15; S Jeremiah 22:3; Habakkuk 1:13
  • 14. Psalms 33:9-11; S Proverbs 19:21; S Proverbs 21:30
  • 15. S Job 2:10; S Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 32:42
  • 16. S Jeremiah 30:15; Micah 7:9
  • 17. 2 Corinthians 13:5
  • 18. Psalms 119:59; Psalms 139:23-24
  • 19. S Psalms 25:1; S Psalms 28:2
  • 20. Jeremiah 14:20; Daniel 9:5
  • 21. S 2 Kings 24:4; Jeremiah 5:7-9
  • 22. ver 66; Psalms 35:6
  • 23. S La 2:2,17,21
  • 24. Psalms 97:2; Lamentations 2:1
  • 25. S ver 8; Zechariah 7:13
  • 26. S Isaiah 58:4
  • 27. 1 Corinthians 4:13
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