Lamentations 3:21

Lamentations 3:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
• New International Version (NIV)Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
• English Standard Version (ESV)But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:
• New King James Version (NKJV)This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.

Context of Lamentations 3:21

19Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. 20Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me. Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: 22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. 23They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!

Lamentations 3:21 word by word

זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל־לִבִּ֖י עַל־כֵּ֥ן אוֹחִֽיל׃ סRead the interlinear

• Yet I callשׁוּבshûb · to return: recallH7725
• thisזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• mindלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• and thereforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
• and thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• I have hopeיָחַלyâchal · to wait: hopeH3176

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:21

• Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
• Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
• Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
• Psalms 130:7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:21

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21This I recall - Rather, “This will I bring back to my heart, therefore will I hope.” Knowing that God hears the prayer of the contrite, he begins again to hope.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 21-36 Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that they are not worse. We should observe what makes for us, as well as what is against us. God's compassions fail not; of this we have fresh instances every morning. Portions on earth are perishing things, but God is a portion for ever. It is our duty, and will be our comfort and satisfaction, to hope…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2119-21. This gives the reason why he gave way to the temptation to despair. The Margin, "Remember" does not suit the sense so well. wormwood ... gall--(Jr 9:15).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:21

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Hope

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings