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Themes in Lamentations 3

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Themes in Lamentations 3

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Lamentations 3:1 (show verse)

I am the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.

Correction » Rod of correction
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Rod » Of correction

Lamentations 3:2 (show verse)

He has driven me and made me walk
In darkness and not in light.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:3 (show verse)

Surely against me He has turned His hand
Repeatedly all the day.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:4 (show verse)

He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away,
He has broken my bones.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:5 (show verse)

He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:6 (show verse)

In dark places He has made me dwell,
Like those who have long been dead.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:7 (show verse)

He has walled me in so that I cannot go out;
He has made my

chain heavy.

Chains » Figurative
Hedges » Illustrative » Of heavy judgments
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
human Limitations » Man subject to » Boundaries of life
Man » Limitations of » Boundaries of life

Lamentations 3:8 (show verse)

Even when I cry out and call for help,
He shuts out my prayer.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:9 (show verse)

He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Stones » Hewn (cut)

Lamentations 3:10 (show verse)

He is to me like a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in secret places.

Bear » Ferocity of
Bears » Illustrative of » God in his judgments
Bears » Described as » Cunning
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Lions » Instincts of, in taking prey
Lions » Illustrative » Of God in executing judgments

Lamentations 3:11 (show verse)

He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces;
He has made me desolate.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:12 (show verse)

He bent His bow
And set me as a target for the arrow.

Arrow » Figurative
Bow » Figurative
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:13 (show verse)

He made the arrows of His quiver
To enter into my inward parts.

Arrow » Figurative
Arrows » Carried in a quiver
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:14 (show verse)

I have become a laughingstock to all my people,
Their mocking song all the day.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Scorning and mocking » The wicked indulge in, against » Saints

Lamentations 3:15 (show verse)

He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drunk with wormwood.

Drunkenness » Figurative
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:16 (show verse)

He has broken my teeth with gravel;
He has made me cower in the dust.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:17 (show verse)

My soul has been rejected from peace;
I have forgotten happiness.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:18 (show verse)

So I say, “My strength has perished,
And so has my hope from the Lord.”

Despair » General references to
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:19 (show verse)

Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.

Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
Wormwood » Figurative

Lamentations 3:20 (show verse)

Surely my soul remembers
And is bowed down within me.

Humility » Afflictions intended to produce
Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation

Lamentations 3:21 (show verse)

This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:22 (show verse)

The Lord’s

lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,

For His compassions never fail.

Compassion » The compassions of the lord
failure » The lord not failing
Faith/faithfulness » The faithfulness of the lord
God » Mercy of » Prolongs life
Greatness » What is great
Mercy » Prolongs life
God's Mercy » Manifested » In long-suffering

Lamentations 3:23 (show verse)

They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.

Compassion » The compassions of the lord
Faith/faithfulness » The faithfulness of the lord
God, Faithfulness of » Declared to be » Great
God » Mercy of » Prolongs life
Greatness » What is great
Mercy » Prolongs life
God's Mercy » Described as » New » Every morning

Lamentations 3:24 (show verse)

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I have hope in Him.”

Hope » Hoping in the lord
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Portion
The righteous » Saints » Portion of
Saints » God's knowledge of the saints » Portion of
Saints » Portion

Lamentations 3:25 (show verse)

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the person who seeks Him.

God » Voice of select readings » Waiting for
God, Goodness of » Manifested » To his church
Patience » In waiting for God
Seeking God » Ensures » His favor
Waiting » Those that wait on the lord
Waiting » Those who engage in » Experience his goodness
Waiting upon God » They who engage in » Experience his goodness

Lamentations 3:26 (show verse)

It is good that he waits silently
For the salvation of the Lord.

Patience » To be exercised in » Waiting for God's salvation
Quietness » General references to
Salvation » Saints » Wait for
Salvation » Saints » Hope for
Waiting » With resignation
Waiting upon God » Should be » With resignation

Lamentations 3:27 (show verse)

It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke in his youth.

Patience » To be exercised in » Bearing the yoke
Yoke » Figurative

Lamentations 3:28 (show verse)

Let him sit alone and be silent
Since He has laid it on him.

Silence » Value of » General references to

Lamentations 3:29 (show verse)

Let him put his mouth in the dust,
Perhaps there is hope.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:30 (show verse)

Let him give his cheek to the smiter,
Let him be filled with reproach.

Assault and battery » Striking jesus » Prophecies of

Lamentations 3:31 (show verse)

For the Lord will not reject forever,

Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Compassion » The lord being compassionate

Lamentations 3:32 (show verse)

For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.

Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Afflictions » Tempered with mercy
Compassion » Of Christ » Of God
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
God » Examples of Leadership » Compassion of
God's Mercy » Described as » Manifold

Lamentations 3:33 (show verse)

For He does not afflict willingly
Or grieve the sons of men.

Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Afflictions » God does not willingly send
Compassion » The lord being compassionate

Lamentations 3:34 (show verse)

To crush under His feet
All the prisoners of the land,

Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Prisoners » Of war » Put to death

Lamentations 3:35 (show verse)

To deprive a man of justice
In the presence of the Most High,

Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Injustice » God » Approves not of

Lamentations 3:36 (show verse)

defraud a man in his lawsuit—

Of these things the Lord does not approve.

Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Injustice » God » Approves not of

Lamentations 3:37 (show verse)

Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?

Afflictions » The lord not afflicting

Lamentations 3:38 (show verse)

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That

both good and ill go forth?

Afflictions » The lord not afflicting

Lamentations 3:39 (show verse)

Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Offer complaint in view of his sins?

Afflicted saints » Should acknowledge the justice of their chastisements
Afflictions » The lord not afflicting
Anger of God » To be born with submission
Complaining » What to do instead of complaining
Murmuring » Condemned
Murmuring » Unreasonableness of
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Sin
Resignation » Motives to » Our own sinfulness
Trial » What to try
Turning » Turning to the lord

Lamentations 3:40 (show verse)

Let us examine and probe our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.

Awakenings and religious reforms » Revivals (select reading, isa chap 35) isa 35 » General references to
Complaining » What to do instead of complaining
Conversion » Through the instrumentality of » Self-examination
Revivals » Isa 35 » General references to
Self-examination » Should be engaged in » With purpose of amendment
Self-examination » Should be engaged in » With diligent search
Trial » What to try
Turning » Turning to the lord

Lamentations 3:41 (show verse)

We lift up our heart and hands
Toward God in heaven;

hands » Were lifted up » In prayer
Prayer » Should be offered up » With the heart
Prayer » Described as » Lifting up the heart

Lamentations 3:42 (show verse)

We have transgressed and rebelled,
You have not pardoned.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:43 (show verse)

You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and have not spared.

Anger of God » To be born with submission

Lamentations 3:44 (show verse)

You have covered Yourself with a cloud
So that no prayer can pass through.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:45 (show verse)

You have made us mere offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:46 (show verse)

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:47 (show verse)

Panic and pitfall have befallen us,

Devastation and destruction;

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:48 (show verse)

eyes run down with streams of water

Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Church » Love for
Judgments » Saints » Sympathize with those under
River » Figurative » Of grief

Lamentations 3:49 (show verse)

My eyes pour down unceasingly,
Without stopping,

Church » Love for

Lamentations 3:50 (show verse)

Until the Lord

looks down

And sees from heaven.

Church » Love for

Lamentations 3:51 (show verse)

My eyes bring pain to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.

Church » Love for
Heart » Renewed » Compassionate
character of the renewed Heart » Sympathizing

Lamentations 3:52 (show verse)

My enemies without cause
Hunted me down like a bird;

Hunting » Fowling

Lamentations 3:53 (show verse)

They have silenced me in the pit
And have

placed a stone on me.

Criminals » In dungeons
Dungeon » In prisons
Jeremiah » The prophet » Imprisoned by zedekiah
Prisoners » Cruelty to

Lamentations 3:54 (show verse)

Waters flowed over my head;
I said, “I am cut off!”

Jeremiah » The prophet » Imprisoned by zedekiah
Prisoners » Cruelty to

Lamentations 3:55 (show verse)

I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.

Criminals » In dungeons
Jeremiah » The prophet » Imprisoned by zedekiah
Prayer, answers to » Jeremiah

Lamentations 3:56 (show verse)

You have heard my voice,
“Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”

Prayer, answers to » Jeremiah

Lamentations 3:57 (show verse)

You drew near when I called on You;
You said, “Do not fear!”

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:58 (show verse)

O Lord, You have pleaded my soul’s cause;
You have redeemed my life.

Redemption » Subjects of » The life

Lamentations 3:59 (show verse)

O Lord, You have seen my oppression;

Judge my case.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:60 (show verse)

You have seen all their vengeance,
All their schemes against me.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:61 (show verse)

You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:62 (show verse)

The lips of my assailants and their whispering
Are against me all day long.

No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:63 (show verse)

Look on their sitting and their rising;

I am their mocking song.

Scorning and mocking » The wicked indulge in, against » Saints

Lamentations 3:64 (show verse)

You will recompense them, O Lord,
According to the work of their hands.

Scorning and mocking » Punishment for

Lamentations 3:65 (show verse)

You will give them

hardness of heart,

Your curse will be on them.

Scorning and mocking » Punishment for

Lamentations 3:66 (show verse)

You will pursue them in anger and destroy them
From under the heavens of the Lord!

Scorning and mocking » Punishment for