Thematic Bible
Lamentations 3:1 (show verse)
I am a man familiar with affliction under the rod of God's anger.
Lamentations 3:2 (show verse)
He has led me brought me into darkness, not into light.
Lamentations 3:3 (show verse)
He truly turned his hand against me, again and again, all day long.
Lamentations 3:4 (show verse)
He made my flesh and skin prematurely old; he broke my bones.
Lamentations 3:5 (show verse)
He laid siege against me, surrounding me with bitterness and suffering.
Lamentations 3:6 (show verse)
He has forced me to live in darkness, like those who are long dead.
Lamentations 3:7 (show verse)
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me.
Lamentations 3:8 (show verse)
Indeed, when I cry out, calling for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Lamentations 3:9 (show verse)
He impeded my way with blocks of stone, making my paths uneven.
Lamentations 3:10 (show verse)
He is like a bear that lies in wait for me, a lion in hiding.
Lamentations 3:11 (show verse)
He forced me off my path, tearing me to pieces and making me desolate.
Lamentations 3:12 (show verse)
He bent his bow, aiming at me with his arrow.
Lamentations 3:13 (show verse)
He caused his war arrows to pierce my vital organs.
Lamentations 3:14 (show verse)
I have become a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunts throughout the day.
Lamentations 3:15 (show verse)
He has filled me with bitterness, making me drink wormwood.
Lamentations 3:16 (show verse)
He broke my teeth on gravel, covering me with dust.
Lamentations 3:17 (show verse)
You have removed peace from my life; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
Lamentations 3:18 (show verse)
So I say, "My strength is gone as is my hope in the LORD."
Lamentations 3:19 (show verse)
Remember my affliction and homelessness wormwood and gall!
Lamentations 3:20 (show verse)
My mind keeps reflecting on it, and I become depressed.
Lamentations 3:21 (show verse)
This is what comes to mind, and therefore I have hope:
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:22 (show verse)
Because of the LORD's gracious love we are not consumed, since his compassions never end.
Lamentations 3:23 (show verse)
They are new every morning great is your faithfulness!
Lamentations 3:24 (show verse)
"The LORD is all I have," says my soul, "Therefore I will trust in him."
Lamentations 3:25 (show verse)
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the person who searches for 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
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 to hope and wait patiently for the LORD's salvation.
Lamentations 3:27 (show verse)
It is good when a young man carries the yoke of discipline in his youth.
Lamentations 3:28 (show verse)
He is to sit apart and remain silent, because the LORD has laid it upon him.
Lamentations 3:29 (show verse)
Let him fall face down in the dust, so there may yet be hope.
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Lamentations 3:30 (show verse)
He will endure being slapped in the face, bringing him public disgrace.
Lamentations 3:31 (show verse)
Indeed, the Lord will not always reject us
Lamentations 3:32 (show verse)
though he causes grief, his compassion abounds according to his gracious love.
Lamentations 3:33 (show verse)
For he does not deliberately hurt or grieve human beings.
Lamentations 3:34 (show verse)
When any of the prisoners of the earth are crushed underfoot,
Lamentations 3:35 (show verse)
when a person's rights are perverted in defiance of the Most High.
Lamentations 3:36 (show verse)
When a man is thwarted in his appeal, does the Lord condone it?
Lamentations 3:37 (show verse)
Who can command, and it happens, without the Lord having ordered it?
Lamentations 3:38 (show verse)
Do not both good and evil things proceed from the mouth of the Most High?
Lamentations 3:39 (show verse)
Why should anyone living complain, any mortal, about being punished for sin?
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
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 our lifestyles, putting them to the test, and turn back 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
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)
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven.
Lamentations 3:42 (show verse)
As for us, we have sinned and rebelled; but you have not pardoned us.
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Lamentations 3:43 (show verse)
Clothing yourself with anger, you pursued us. You killed without pity,
Lamentations 3:44 (show verse)
You covered yourself with a cloud that prayer cannot pierce.
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Lamentations 3:45 (show verse)
You have reduced us to scum and garbage among the nations.
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Lamentations 3:46 (show verse)
All our enemies jeer at us with gaping mouths.
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Lamentations 3:47 (show verse)
Panic and pitfalls beset us, along with devastation and ruin.
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Lamentations 3:48 (show verse)
My eyes run with rivers of tears over the destruction of my cherished people.
Lamentations 3:49 (show verse)
My tears pour down ceaselessly; I am far from relief
Lamentations 3:50 (show verse)
until the LORD bends down to see from heaven.
Lamentations 3:51 (show verse)
What I see grieves my soul because of all the young women of my city.
Lamentations 3:52 (show verse)
My enemies hunted me like a bird, viciously and without justification.
Lamentations 3:53 (show verse)
They dumped me alive into a pit, sealing me in with stone.
Lamentations 3:54 (show verse)
Water closed over my head, and I said, "I'm a dead man."
Lamentations 3:55 (show verse)
I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the Pit,
Lamentations 3:56 (show verse)
You heard my voice don't close your ear to my sighs and cries.
Lamentations 3:57 (show verse)
You drew near when I called out to you. You said, "Stop being afraid"
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Lamentations 3:58 (show verse)
Lord, you have defended my cause; you have redeemed my life.
Lamentations 3:59 (show verse)
LORD, you observed how I have been wronged; now make your ruling in my case.
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Lamentations 3:60 (show verse)
You examined their plans for vengeance, all of their plots against me.
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Lamentations 3:61 (show verse)
LORD, you listened to their insults all their plots against me,
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Lamentations 3:62 (show verse)
the whisperings of my opponents, their scheming against me all day long.
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Lamentations 3:63 (show verse)
Watch! Whether they sit down or stand up, they mock me with their songs.
Lamentations 3:64 (show verse)
Pay them back, LORD, according to their actions.
Lamentations 3:65 (show verse)
Give them an anguished heart; may your curse be upon them!
Lamentations 3:66 (show verse)
Pursue them in your anger and destroy them from under the LORD's heaven.