New American Standard Bible 1995
Lamentations 3:42-54
42We have 1transgressedH6586 and rebelledH4784, You have 2not pardonedH5545.43You have coveredH5526 Yourself with 3angerH639 And 4pursuedH7291 us; You have slainH2026 and 5have not sparedH2550.44You have 6coveredH5526 Yourself with a cloudH6051 SoH4480 that 7noH4480 prayerH8605 can passH5674 throughH5674.45You have madeH7760 us mere 8offscouringH5501 and refuseH3973 In the midstH7130 of the peoplesH5971.46AllH3605 our enemiesH340 have 9openedH6475 their mouthsH6310 againstH5921 us.4710PanicH6343 and pitfallH6354 have befallenH1961 us, DevastationH7612 and destructionH7667;48My 1112eyesH5869 runH3381 downH3381 with streamsH6388 of waterH4325 BecauseH5921 of the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.49My eyesH5869 pourH5064 downH5064 13unceasinglyH3808H1820, WithoutH369 stoppingH2014,50UntilH5704 the LordH3068 14looksH8259 downH8259 And seesH7200 from heavenH8064.51My eyesH5869 bringH5953 painH5953 to my soulH5315 BecauseH4480 of allH3605 the daughtersH1323 of my cityH5892.52My enemiesH340 15withoutH2600 causeH2600 HuntedH6679 me downH6679 16like a birdH6833;53They have silencedH6789 17me 18in the pitH953 And have 1920placedH3034 a stoneH68 on me.54WatersH4325 flowedH6687 21overH5921 my headH7218; I saidH559, “I am cutH1504 offH1504!”
Notes
- 1. Lamentations 3:42 Neh 9:26; Jer 14:20; Dan 9:5 ↩
- 2. Lamentations 3:42 2 Kin 24:4; Jer 5:7, 9 ↩
- 3. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:21 ↩
- 4. Lamentations 3:43 Ps 83:15; Lam 3:66 ↩
- 5. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:2, 17, 21 ↩
- 6. Lamentations 3:44 Ps 97:2 ↩
- 7. Lamentations 3:44 Lam 3:8; Zech 7:13 ↩
- 8. Lamentations 3:45 1 Cor 4:13 ↩
- 9. Lamentations 3:46 Job 30:9, 10; Ps 22:6-8; Lam 2:16 ↩
- 10. Lamentations 3:47 Is 24:17, 18; Jer 48:43, 44 ↩
- 11. Lamentations 3:48 Lit eye brings ↩
- 12. Lamentations 3:48 Ps 119:136; Jer 9:1, 18; Lam 1:16; 2:11, 18 ↩
- 13. Lamentations 3:49 Ps 77:2; Jer 14:17 ↩
- 14. Lamentations 3:50 Ps 80:14; Is 63:15; Lam 5:1 ↩
- 15. Lamentations 3:52 Ps 35:7, 19 ↩
- 16. Lamentations 3:52 1 Sam 26:20; Ps 11:1; 124:7 ↩
- 17. Lamentations 3:53 Lit my life ↩
- 18. Lamentations 3:53 Jer 37:16; 38:6, 9 ↩
- 19. Lamentations 3:53 Or cast stones ↩
- 20. Lamentations 3:53 Dan 6:17 ↩
- 21. Lamentations 3:54 Ps 69:2; Jon 2:3-5 ↩
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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