EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Lamentations 3:41
41We should lift up our hands and pray to God in heaven. We should be honest with God and say to him,
Lamentations 3:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
- New International Version (NIV)Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.
Context of Lamentations 3:41
39He only punishes us when we do wrong things. We are still alive, so we should not be angry with God. 40Instead, we should think a lot about what we do, and we should turn back to the Lord again. We should lift up our hands and pray to God in heaven. We should be honest with God and say to him, 42‘We have done wrong things, and we have turned against you. You have not forgiven us. 43You have hidden yourself from us because you are angry. You have followed us so that you could kill us. You were not sorry about it.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:41 word by word
נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:41
- Psalms 25:1Lord, I offer myself to you.
- Psalms 86:4Please make me happy deep inside, for you are the one that I pray to, my Lord.
- Psalms 143:6I raise my hands to pray to you. I need you to help me, like dry ground needs rain. Selah
- Psalms 28:2Hear me when I call to you for help. Please be kind to me. I am lifting up my hands towards your Most Holy Place.
- Psalms 63:4Yes, I will thank you for as long as I live. I will lift up my hands and I will pray to you.
- Psalms 141:2I offer my prayer to you like incense. Please accept it when I raise my hands to you. Accept it like a gift that I offer to you in the evening.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:8We loved you very much, so we wanted to tell you God's good news. We wanted to share our lives with you too.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:41
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-42Verses 40-42 The prophet urges men to search out their faults and amend them. Lamentations 3:40 And turn again to the Lord - Or, “and return to Yahweh.” The prep. (to) in the Hebrew implies not half way, but the whole. Lamentations 3:41 Literally, “Let us lift up our heart unto our hands unto God in heaven;” as if the heart first lifted up the hands, and then with them mounted up in prayer to God. In real prayer the outward expression is caused by the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-41Verses 37-41 While there is life there is hope; and instead of complaining that things are bad, we should encourage ourselves with the hope they will be better. We are sinful men, and what we complain of, is far less than our sins deserve. We should complain to God, and not of him. We are apt, in times of calamity, to reflect on other people's ways, and blame them; but our duty is to search and try our own ways, that we may turn from evil to God. Our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-42Repentance is essential for receiving salvation (Isaiah 1:27; Jeremiah 3:22; Ezekiel 3:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4240-42. us--Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity. search--as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psa 139:23, 24).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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