Thematic Bible
Lamentations 3:1 (show verse)
under the rod of God’s wrath.
Lamentations 3:2 (show verse)
in darkness instead of light.
Lamentations 3:3 (show verse)
against me all day long.
Lamentations 3:4 (show verse)
ב BetHe has worn away my flesh and skin;
He has shattered my bones.
He has shattered my bones.
Lamentations 3:5 (show verse)
encircling me with bitterness and hardship.
Lamentations 3:6 (show verse)
like those who have been dead for ages.
Lamentations 3:7 (show verse)
ג GimelHe has walled me in so I cannot escape;
He has weighed me down with chains.
He has weighed me down with chains.
Lamentations 3:8 (show verse)
He rejects my prayer.
Lamentations 3:9 (show verse)
He has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:10 (show verse)
ד DaletHe is a bear waiting in ambush,
a lion in hiding.
a lion in hiding.
Lamentations 3:11 (show verse)
He left me desolate.
Lamentations 3:12 (show verse)
and set me as the target for His arrow.
Lamentations 3:13 (show verse)
ה HeHe pierced my kidneys
with His arrows.
with His arrows.
Lamentations 3:14 (show verse)
mocked by their songs
Lamentations 3:15 (show verse)
satiated me with wormwood.
Lamentations 3:16 (show verse)
ו VavHe ground my teeth on gravel
and made me cower in the dust.
and made me cower
Lamentations 3:17 (show verse)
I have forgotten what happiness is.
Lamentations 3:18 (show verse)
as well as my hope from the Lord.
Lamentations 3:19 (show verse)
ז ZayinRemember my affliction and my homelessness,
the wormwood and the poison.
the wormwood and the poison.
Lamentations 3:20 (show verse)
and have become depressed.
Lamentations 3:21 (show verse)
and therefore I have hope:
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:22 (show verse)
ח KhetBecause of the Lord’s faithful love
we do not perish,
for His mercies never end.
we do not perish,
for His mercies never end.
Lamentations 3:23 (show verse)
great is Your faithfulness!
Lamentations 3:24 (show verse)
therefore I will put my hope in Him.
Lamentations 3:25 (show verse)
ט TetThe Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
to the person who seeks Him.
to the person who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:26 (show verse)
for deliverance from the Lord.
Lamentations 3:27 (show verse)
while he is still young.
Lamentations 3:28 (show verse)
י YodLet him sit alone and be silent,
for God has disciplined him.
for God has disciplined him.
Lamentations 3:29 (show verse)
perhaps there is still hope.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:30 (show verse)
to the one who would strike him;
let him be filled with shame.
Lamentations 3:31 (show verse)
כ KafFor the Lord
will not reject us forever.
will not reject us forever.
Lamentations 3:32 (show verse)
He will show compassion
according to His abundant, faithful love.
Lamentations 3:33 (show verse)
or suffering on mankind.
Lamentations 3:34 (show verse)
ל LamedCrushing all the prisoners of the land
beneath one’s feet,
beneath one’s feet,
Lamentations 3:35 (show verse)
in the presence of the Most High,
Lamentations 3:36 (show verse)
the Lord does not approve of these things.
Lamentations 3:37 (show verse)
מ MemWho is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?
unless the Lord has ordained it?
Lamentations 3:38 (show verse)
come from the mouth of the Most High?
Lamentations 3:39 (show verse)
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?
Lamentations 3:40 (show verse)
נ NunLet us search out and examine our ways,
and turn back to the Lord.
and turn back to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:41 (show verse)
to God in heaven:
Lamentations 3:42 (show verse)
You have not forgiven.
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Lamentations 3:43 (show verse)
ס SamekYou have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us;
You have killed without compassion.
You have killed without compassion.
Lamentations 3:44 (show verse)
so that no prayer can pass through.
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Lamentations 3:45 (show verse)
among the peoples.
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Lamentations 3:46 (show verse)
פ PeAll our enemies
open their mouths against us.
open their mouths against us.
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Lamentations 3:47 (show verse)
devastation and destruction.
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Lamentations 3:48 (show verse)
because of the destruction of my dear people.
Lamentations 3:49 (show verse)
ע AyinMy eyes overflow unceasingly,
without end,
without end,
Lamentations 3:50 (show verse)
from heaven and sees.
Lamentations 3:51 (show verse)
because of the fate of all the women in my city.
Lamentations 3:52 (show verse)
צ TsadeFor no apparent reason, my enemies
hunted me like a bird.
hunted me like a bird.
Lamentations 3:53 (show verse)
and threw stones at me.
Lamentations 3:54 (show verse)
and I thought: I’m going to die!
Lamentations 3:55 (show verse)
ק QofI called on Your name, Yahweh,
from the depths of the Pit.
from the depths of the Pit.
Lamentations 3:56 (show verse)
Do not ignore my cry for relief.
Lamentations 3:57 (show verse)
You say: “Do not be afraid.”
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:58 (show verse)
ר ReshYou defend my cause, Lord;
You redeem my life.
You redeem my life.
Lamentations 3:59 (show verse)
judge my case.
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Lamentations 3:60 (show verse)
all their plots against me.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:61 (show verse)
שׂ Sin/ שׁ ShinLord, You hear their insults,
all their plots against me.
all their plots against me.
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Lamentations 3:62 (show verse)
attack me all day long.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:63 (show verse)
I am mocked by their songs.
Lamentations 3:64 (show verse)
ת TavYou will pay them back what they deserve, Lord,
according to the work of their hands.
according to the work of their hands.
Lamentations 3:65 (show verse)
May Your curse be on them!
Lamentations 3:66 (show verse)
under Your heavens.