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Lamentations 3:19
19Lord, please remember all my troubles, because I am sad. Remember that I am very lonely. My troubles are like poison for me.
Lamentations 3:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
- New International Version (NIV)I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.
Context of Lamentations 3:19
17He has taken peace away from my mind. I cannot remember the happy days that I had before. 18I tell myself, ‘Everything good has finished for me! The things that I hoped for from the Lord have not come!’ Lord, please remember all my troubles, because I am sad. Remember that I am very lonely. My troubles are like poison for me. 20I think about all those things, and I feel small and alone. 21But then I choose to remember God, and this is my hope:
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:19 word by word
זְכָר־עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:19
- Nehemiah 9:32So we pray to you, our God. You are great and powerful. You continue to love your people as you have promised in your covenant with us. Please see how much trouble has come to us! Our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets and our ancestors and your people all belong to you. We have all had many great troubles since the time that the kings of Assyria attacked us.
- Job 7:7Remember, God, that my life is as short as a breath. I know that I will never be happy again.
- Psalms 89:47Remember that my life is very short! People are weak and their lives seem useless. Why do you make people like that?
- Psalms 132:1Lord, remember King David and all the troubles that he suffered.
- Lamentations 3:5He has fought against me from every side. He caused much trouble for me, so that I am very sad.
- Jeremiah 9:15So the Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: ‘I will punish my people with trouble and pain. I will give them food that is bitter. They will drink water that is poison.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Remembering - Or, as in the margin. It is a prayer to Yahweh. My misery - Or, “my” homelessness (Lamentations 1:7 note).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19is wormwood and the gall: Wormwood is a plant with a bitter taste. Here, it represents deep emotional pain (Proverbs 5:4; Revelation 8:11). Gall refers to a poisonous plant. If someone eats it, it causes strong physical pain. Because of this, it became a symbol for extreme suffering and distress (Deuteronomy 29:18; Psalm 69:21). The author feels trapped, as if there is no way out of his suffering.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
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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
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