New American Standard Bible 1995
Lamentations 3:5-19
5He has 1besiegedH1129H5921 and encompassedH5362 me with 2bitternessH7219 and hardshipH8513.6In 3darkH4285 placesH4285 He has made me dwellH3427, Like those who have longH5769 been deadH4191.7He has 4walledH1443 me in so that I cannotH3808 goH3318 out; He has madeH3513 my 56chainH5178 heavyH3513.8EvenH1571 whenH3588 I cryH2199 out and callH7768 for helpH7768, He 7shutsH8365 out my prayerH8605.9He has 8blockedH1443 my waysH1870 with hewnH1496 stoneH1496; He has madeH5753 my pathsH5410 crookedH5753.10He is to me like a bearH1677 lyingH693 in waitH693, Like a lionH743 in secretH4565 placesH4565.11He has turnedH5493 asideH5493 my waysH1870 and 9tornH6582 me to piecesH6582; He has madeH8074 me desolateH8074.12He 10bentH1869 His bowH7198 And 11setH5324 me as a targetH4307 for the arrowH2671.13He made the 12arrowsH1121 of His 13quiverH827 To enterH935 into my 14inwardH3629 partsH3629.14I have becomeH1961 a 15laughingstockH7814 to allH3605 my peopleH5971, Their mocking 16songH5058 allH3605 the dayH3117.15He has 17filledH7646 me with bitternessH4844, He has madeH7301 me drunkH7301 with wormwoodH3939.16He has 18brokenH1638 my teethH8127 with 19gravelH2687; He has made me cowerH3728 in the 20dustH665.17My soulH5315 has beenH2186 rejectedH2186 21from peaceH7965; I have forgottenH5382 22happinessH2899.18So I sayH559, “My strengthH5331 has perishedH6, And so has my 23hopeH8431 from the LordH3068.”
19RememberH2142 my afflictionH6040 and my 24wanderingH4788, the 25wormwoodH3939 and bitternessH7219.
Notes
- 1. Lamentations 3:5 Job 19:8 ↩
- 2. Lamentations 3:5 Jer 23:15; Lam 3:19 ↩
- 3. Lamentations 3:6 Ps 88:5, 6; 143:3 ↩
- 4. Lamentations 3:7 Job 3:23; 19:8 ↩
- 5. Lamentations 3:7 Lit bronze piece ↩
- 6. Lamentations 3:7 Jer 40:4 ↩
- 7. Lamentations 3:8 Job 30:20; Ps 22:2 ↩
- 8. Lamentations 3:9 Is 63:17; Hos 2:6 ↩
- 9. Lamentations 3:11 Job 16:12, 13; Jer 15:3; Hos 6:1 ↩
- 10. Lamentations 3:12 Ps 7:12; Lam 2:4 ↩
- 11. Lamentations 3:12 Job 6:4; 7:20; Ps 38:2 ↩
- 12. Lamentations 3:13 Lit sons ↩
- 13. Lamentations 3:13 Jer 5:16 ↩
- 14. Lamentations 3:13 Lit kidneys ↩
- 15. Lamentations 3:14 Ps 22:6, 7; 123:4; Jer 20:7 ↩
- 16. Lamentations 3:14 Job 30:9; Lam 3:63 ↩
- 17. Lamentations 3:15 Jer 9:15 ↩
- 18. Lamentations 3:16 Ps 3:7; 58:6 ↩
- 19. Lamentations 3:16 Prov 20:17 ↩
- 20. Lamentations 3:16 Jer 6:26 ↩
- 21. Lamentations 3:17 Is 59:11; Jer 12:12 ↩
- 22. Lamentations 3:17 Lit good ↩
- 23. Lamentations 3:18 Job 17:15; Ezek 37:11 ↩
- 24. Lamentations 3:19 Or bitterness ↩
- 25. Lamentations 3:19 Jer 9:15; Lam 3:5, 15 ↩
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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