Lamentations 3:18

Lamentations 3:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
• New International Version (NIV)So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the Lord.”

Context of Lamentations 3:18

16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity. And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah. 19Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall. 20My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Lamentations 3:18 word by word

וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• hopeתּוֹחֶ֫לֶתtôcheleth · hopeH8431

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:18

• 1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.
• Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?
• Job 17:15And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?
• Psalms 31:22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
• Psalms 116:11I said in my haste, All men are liars.
• Ezekiel 37:11And he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off!

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18And my hope - That first, that last support of the miserable - it is gone! it is perished! The sovereign God alone can revive it.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.” Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah. Lamentations 3:12 This new…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. 16-1816-18. gravel--referring to the grit that often mixes with bread baked in ashes, as is the custom of baking in the East (Pr 20:17). We fare as hardly as those who eat such bread. The same allusion is in "Covered me with ashes," namely, as bread.Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Doubting

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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