Thematic Bible
Lamentations 3:1 (show verse)
I am a man who has seen misery, under the rod of his wrath.
Lamentations 3:2 (show verse)
He has driven me along, he brought darkness and not light.
Lamentations 3:3 (show verse)
Surely he has turned his hand against me, all day long.
Lamentations 3:4 (show verse)
He has worn out my flesh and skin, he has broken my bones.
Lamentations 3:5 (show verse)
{He has besieged} and engulfed me with bitterness and hardship.
Lamentations 3:6 (show verse)
In darkness he has let me dwell like [the] dead of long ago.
Lamentations 3:7 (show verse)
He has built a wall around me, I cannot go out; he has made my bronze fetters heavy.
Lamentations 3:8 (show verse)
Though I cry out for help, he shuts out my prayers.
Lamentations 3:9 (show verse)
He has blocked my ways with dressed stones; he has made my paths crooked.
Lamentations 3:10 (show verse)
To me he [is] like a bear lying in wait, a lion in hiding.
Lamentations 3:11 (show verse)
He has forsaken my way and torn me to pieces; he has caused me desolation.
Lamentations 3:12 (show verse)
He has bent his bow and set me as the target for the arrow.
Lamentations 3:13 (show verse)
He shot {the arrows of his quiver} into my kidneys.
Lamentations 3:14 (show verse)
I have become a laughingstock for all the people, their mocking song all day long.
Lamentations 3:15 (show verse)
He has filled me with bitterness, he has drenched me [with] wormwood.
Lamentations 3:16 (show verse)
He has broken my teeth on grit, he has trampled me down in ash.
Lamentations 3:17 (show verse)
My life has been removed from peace, I have forgotten goodness.
Lamentations 3:18 (show verse)
And I have said, "My glory is ruined, my expectation from Yahweh."
Lamentations 3:19 (show verse)
Remember my misery and bitterness, the wormwood and venom!
Lamentations 3:20 (show verse)
Surely my soul remembers and bows down within me.
Lamentations 3:21 (show verse)
This {I have reminded myself}, therefore I will hope.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:22 (show verse)
The loyal love of Yahweh does not cease; his compassions do not come to an end.
Lamentations 3:23 (show verse)
[They] are new in the morning, great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:24 (show verse)
"Yahweh is my portion," says my soul, "Thus I will hope on him."
Lamentations 3:25 (show verse)
Yahweh is good to those who wait on him, to the person that seeks him.
Lamentations 3:26 (show verse)
[It is] good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh.
Lamentations 3:27 (show verse)
[It is] good for a man who carries the yoke of his childhood.
Lamentations 3:28 (show verse)
Let him sit alone and be silent when he has laid it on him.
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 a cheek to his smiter, let him be filled with disgrace.
Lamentations 3:31 (show verse)
For the Lord will not reject forever.
Lamentations 3:32 (show verse)
For even though he causes grief he has compassion according to the greatness of his royal love.
Lamentations 3:33 (show verse)
He does not {afflict willingly}, or grieve {anyone}.
Lamentations 3:34 (show verse)
To crush under his feet all [the] prisoners of [the] earth;
Lamentations 3:35 (show verse)
{to deprive one of justice} before the face of the Most High;
Lamentations 3:36 (show verse)
to subvert a person in a legal dispute --the Lord has not found delight [in these things].
Lamentations 3:37 (show verse)
{Who can speak} and it will happen [if] the Lord has not commanded [it]?
Lamentations 3:38 (show verse)
[Is] it not from the mouth of the Most High [that] disaster and good will come?
Lamentations 3:39 (show verse)
Why should any living person complain about his sin?
Lamentations 3:40 (show verse)
Let us test and examine our ways; let us return to Yahweh.
Lamentations 3:41 (show verse)
Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.
Lamentations 3:42 (show verse)
We ourselves have transgressed and rebelled, you have not forgiven.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:43 (show verse)
You have covered [yourself] {in anger} and pursued us, you have slain and not shown mercy.
Lamentations 3:44 (show verse)
You have covered yourself in a cloud {so that prayer cannot pass through}.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:45 (show verse)
You have made us scum and refuse in the midst of the nations.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:46 (show verse)
All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:47 (show verse)
Fear and a pit have come upon us, desolation and destruction.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:48 (show verse)
Channels of water run down my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations 3:49 (show verse)
My eyes have poured down unceasingly without respite,
Lamentations 3:50 (show verse)
until Yahweh looks down and sees from heaven.
Lamentations 3:51 (show verse)
My eyes inflict my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
Lamentations 3:52 (show verse)
My enemies hunt me without cause, like a bird.
Lamentations 3:53 (show verse)
{They have silenced me in a pit}, they have thrown a stone at me.
Lamentations 3:54 (show verse)
Water has flown over my head, I said, "I am cut off."
Lamentations 3:55 (show verse)
I have called your name, O Yahweh, from the depths of the pit.
Lamentations 3:56 (show verse)
You have heard my cry, "Do not shut your ear to my cry for help, for my relief!"
Lamentations 3:57 (show verse)
You came near on a day [when] I called you, you said, "Do not fear!"
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:58 (show verse)
O Lord, you have pleaded for {my cause}, you have redeemed my life.
Lamentations 3:59 (show verse)
You have seen my injustice, O Yahweh; judge my case.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:60 (show verse)
You have seen all their vengeance, all there plans against me.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:61 (show verse)
You have heard their disgrace, O Yahweh, all their plans against me.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:62 (show verse)
The lips and meditation of my assailants [are] against me all day long.
No Themes for this verse.
Lamentations 3:63 (show verse)
Look at their sitting and their standing, I [am] their mocking song.
Lamentations 3:64 (show verse)
Return to them what is deserved, O Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
Lamentations 3:65 (show verse)
Give them a stubborn heart; curse them!
Lamentations 3:66 (show verse)
Pursue them {in anger} and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.