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New American Standard Bible 2020

Lamentations 3

Jeremiah Shares Israel’s Misery

1I am the man who has 1seen misery Because of the rod of His wrath.2He has driven me and made me walk In 2darkness and not in light.3Indeed, He has 3turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day.4He has consumed my 4flesh and my skin, He has 5broken my bones.5He has 67besieged and surrounded me with 89bitterness and hardship.6He has made me live in 10dark places, Like those who have long been dead.7He has 11walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my 1213chain heavy.8Even when I cry out and call for help, He 14shuts out my prayer.9He has 15blocked my ways with cut stone; He has twisted my paths.10He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.11He has made my ways deviate, and 16torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.12He 17bent His bow And 18took aim at me as a target for the arrow.13He made the 19arrows of His 20quiver Enter my 21inward parts.14I have become a 22laughingstock to all my people, Their 23song of ridicule all the day.15He has 24filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink plenty of wormwood.16He has also 25made my teeth grind with 26gravel; He has made me cower in the 27dust.17My soul has been excluded 28from peace; I have forgotten 29happiness.18So I say, “My 30strength has failed, And so has my 31hope from the Lord.”

Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy

19Remember my misery and my homelessness, the 32wormwood and 33bitterness.2034My soul certainly remembers, And 35is 36bent over within me.21I recall this to my mind, Therefore I 3738wait.2239The Lord’s 40acts of mercy indeed do not end, 41For His compassions do not fail.23They are new 42every morning; Great is 43Your faithfulness.24“The Lord is my 44portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I 4546wait for Him.”25The Lord is good to those who 4748await Him, To the 49person who 50seeks Him.26It is good that he 51waits silently For the salvation of the Lord.27It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.28Let him 52sit alone and keep quiet, Since He has laid it on him.29Let him 53put his mouth in the 54dust; Perhaps there is 55hope.30Let him give his 56cheek to the one who is going to strike him; Let him be filled with shame.31For the Lord will 57not reject forever,32For if He causes grief, Then He will have 58compassion In proportion to His abundant mercy.33For He 59does not 60afflict 61willingly Or 62grieve the sons of mankind.34To crush under 63one’s feet All the prisoners of the 64land,35To 65deprive a man of 66justice In the presence of the Most High,36To 6768defraud someone in his lawsuit-- Of these things the Lord does not 69approve.37Who is 70there who speaks and it 71comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That 7273both adversity and good proceed?

39Of what can any living 74mortal, or any man, 75Complain 76in view of his sins?40Let’s 77examine and search out our ways, And let’s return to the Lord.41We 78raise our heart 79and hands Toward God in heaven;42We have 80done wrong and rebelled; You have 81not pardoned.43You have covered Yourself with 82anger And 83pursued us; You have slain and 84have not spared.44You have 85veiled Yourself with a cloud So that 86no prayer can pass through.45You have made us mere 87refuse and rubbish In the midst of the peoples.46All our enemies have 88opened their mouths against us.4789Panic and pitfall have come upon us, Devastation and destruction;48My 9091eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.49My eyes flow 92unceasingly, Without stopping,50Until the Lord 93looks down And sees from heaven.51My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.52My enemies 94without reason Hunted me down 95like a bird;53They have silenced 96me 97in the pit And have 9899thrown stones on me.54Waters flowed 100over my head; I said, “I am 101cut off!”55I 102called on Your name, Lord, Out of the lowest pit.56You have 103heard my voice, “104Do not cover Your ear from my plea for relief, From my cry for help.”57You 105came near on the day I called to You; You said, “106Do not fear!”58Lord, You 107have pleaded my soul’s cause; You have 108redeemed my life.59Lord, You have 109seen my oppression; 110Judge my case.60You have seen all their vengeance, All their 111schemes against me.61You have heard their 112reproach, Lord, All their schemes against me.62The 113lips of my assailants and their talk Are against me all day long.63Look at their 114115sitting and their rising; 116I am their mocking song.64You will 117repay them, Lord, In accordance with the work of their hands.65You will give them 118119shamelessness of heart, Your curse will be on them.66You will 120pursue them in anger and eliminate them From under the 121heavens of the Lord!

Notes

  1. 1. Lamentations 3:1 Ps 88:7, 15, 16 ↩
  2. 2. Lamentations 3:2 Job 30:26; Is 59:9; Jer 4:23 ↩
  3. 3. Lamentations 3:3 Ps 38:2; Is 5:25 ↩
  4. 4. Lamentations 3:4 Ps 31:9, 10; 38:2-8; 102:3-5 ↩
  5. 5. Lamentations 3:4 Ps 51:8; Is 38:13 ↩
  6. 6. Lamentations 3:5 Lit built against ↩
  7. 7. Lamentations 3:5 Job 19:8 ↩
  8. 8. Lamentations 3:5 Lit poison ↩
  9. 9. Lamentations 3:5 Jer 23:15; Lam 3:19 ↩
  10. 10. Lamentations 3:6 Ps 88:5, 6; 143:3 ↩
  11. 11. Lamentations 3:7 Job 3:23; 19:8 ↩
  12. 12. Lamentations 3:7 Lit bronze piece ↩
  13. 13. Lamentations 3:7 Jer 40:4 ↩
  14. 14. Lamentations 3:8 Job 30:20; Ps 22:2 ↩
  15. 15. Lamentations 3:9 Is 63:17; Hos 2:6 ↩
  16. 16. Lamentations 3:11 Job 16:12, 13; Jer 15:3; Hos 6:1 ↩
  17. 17. Lamentations 3:12 Ps 7:12; Lam 2:4 ↩
  18. 18. Lamentations 3:12 Job 6:4; 7:20; Ps 38:2 ↩
  19. 19. Lamentations 3:13 Lit sons ↩
  20. 20. Lamentations 3:13 Jer 5:16 ↩
  21. 21. Lamentations 3:13 Lit kidneys ↩
  22. 22. Lamentations 3:14 Ps 22:6, 7; 123:4; Jer 20:7 ↩
  23. 23. Lamentations 3:14 Job 30:9; Lam 3:63 ↩
  24. 24. Lamentations 3:15 Jer 9:15 ↩
  25. 25. Lamentations 3:16 Ps 3:7; 58:6 ↩
  26. 26. Lamentations 3:16 Prov 20:17 ↩
  27. 27. Lamentations 3:16 Jer 6:26 ↩
  28. 28. Lamentations 3:17 Is 59:11; Jer 12:12 ↩
  29. 29. Lamentations 3:17 Lit good ↩
  30. 30. Lamentations 3:18 Or splendor ↩
  31. 31. Lamentations 3:18 Job 17:15; Ezek 37:11 ↩
  32. 32. Lamentations 3:19 Jer 9:15; Lam 3:5, 15 ↩
  33. 33. Lamentations 3:19 Lit poison ↩
  34. 34. Lamentations 3:20 Job 21:6 ↩
  35. 35. Lamentations 3:20 Or bows down ↩
  36. 36. Lamentations 3:20 Ps 42:5, 6, 11; 43:5; 44:25 ↩
  37. 37. Lamentations 3:21 Lit have hope ↩
  38. 38. Lamentations 3:21 Ps 130:7 ↩
  39. 39. Lamentations 3:22 As in ancient versions; MT It is...mercy that we do not end ↩
  40. 40. Lamentations 3:22 Ps 78:38; Jer 3:12; 30:11 ↩
  41. 41. Lamentations 3:22 Mal 3:6 ↩
  42. 42. Lamentations 3:23 Is 33:2; Zeph 3:5 ↩
  43. 43. Lamentations 3:23 Heb 10:23 ↩
  44. 44. Lamentations 3:24 Ps 16:5; 73:26 ↩
  45. 45. Lamentations 3:24 Or hope in ↩
  46. 46. Lamentations 3:24 Ps 33:18 ↩
  47. 47. Lamentations 3:25 Or hope in ↩
  48. 48. Lamentations 3:25 Ps 27:14; Is 25:9 ↩
  49. 49. Lamentations 3:25 Lit soul ↩
  50. 50. Lamentations 3:25 Is 26:9 ↩
  51. 51. Lamentations 3:26 Ps 37:7 ↩
  52. 52. Lamentations 3:28 Jer 15:17 ↩
  53. 53. Lamentations 3:29 Lit give ↩
  54. 54. Lamentations 3:29 Job 16:15; 40:4 ↩
  55. 55. Lamentations 3:29 Jer 31:17 ↩
  56. 56. Lamentations 3:30 Job 16:10; Is 50:6 ↩
  57. 57. Lamentations 3:31 Ps 77:7; 94:14; Is 54:7-10 ↩
  58. 58. Lamentations 3:32 Ps 78:38; 106:43-45; Hos 11:8 ↩
  59. 59. Lamentations 3:33 Ps 119:67, 71, 75; Ezek 33:11; Heb 12:10 ↩
  60. 60. Lamentations 3:33 Or oppress ↩
  61. 61. Lamentations 3:33 Lit from His heart ↩
  62. 62. Lamentations 3:33 Or torment ↩
  63. 63. Lamentations 3:34 Lit his ↩
  64. 64. Lamentations 3:34 Or earth ↩
  65. 65. Lamentations 3:35 Or turn aside a man’s case ↩
  66. 66. Lamentations 3:35 Ps 140:12; Prov 17:15 ↩
  67. 67. Lamentations 3:36 Lit bend ↩
  68. 68. Lamentations 3:36 Jer 22:3; Hab 1:13 ↩
  69. 69. Lamentations 3:36 Lit see ↩
  70. 70. Lamentations 3:37 Lit this ↩
  71. 71. Lamentations 3:37 Ps 33:9-11 ↩
  72. 72. Lamentations 3:38 Lit the evil things and the good ↩
  73. 73. Lamentations 3:38 Job 2:10; Is 45:7; Jer 32:42 ↩
  74. 74. Lamentations 3:39 Or human being ↩
  75. 75. Lamentations 3:39 Jer 30:15; Mic 7:9; Heb 12:5, 6 ↩
  76. 76. Lamentations 3:39 Or on the basis of ↩
  77. 77. Lamentations 3:40 Ps 119:59; 139:23, 24; 2 Cor 13:5 ↩
  78. 78. Lamentations 3:41 Ps 25:1; 28:2; 141:2 ↩
  79. 79. Lamentations 3:41 Lit toward our ↩
  80. 80. Lamentations 3:42 Neh 9:26; Jer 14:20; Dan 9:5 ↩
  81. 81. Lamentations 3:42 2 Kin 24:4; Jer 5:7, 9 ↩
  82. 82. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:21 ↩
  83. 83. Lamentations 3:43 Ps 83:15; Lam 3:66 ↩
  84. 84. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:2, 17, 21 ↩
  85. 85. Lamentations 3:44 Ps 97:2 ↩
  86. 86. Lamentations 3:44 Lam 3:8; Zech 7:13 ↩
  87. 87. Lamentations 3:45 1 Cor 4:13 ↩
  88. 88. Lamentations 3:46 Job 30:9, 10; Ps 22:6-8; Lam 2:16 ↩
  89. 89. Lamentations 3:47 Is 24:17, 18; Jer 48:43, 44 ↩
  90. 90. Lamentations 3:48 Lit eye goes down ↩
  91. 91. Lamentations 3:48 Ps 119:136; Jer 9:1, 18; Lam 1:16; 2:11, 18 ↩
  92. 92. Lamentations 3:49 Ps 77:2; Jer 14:17 ↩
  93. 93. Lamentations 3:50 Ps 80:14; Is 63:15; Lam 5:1 ↩
  94. 94. Lamentations 3:52 Ps 35:7, 19 ↩
  95. 95. Lamentations 3:52 1 Sam 26:20; Ps 11:1; 124:7 ↩
  96. 96. Lamentations 3:53 Lit my life ↩
  97. 97. Lamentations 3:53 Jer 37:16; 38:6, 9 ↩
  98. 98. Lamentations 3:53 Or thrown a stone ↩
  99. 99. Lamentations 3:53 Dan 6:17 ↩
  100. 100. Lamentations 3:54 Ps 69:2; Jon 2:3-5 ↩
  101. 101. Lamentations 3:54 Or destroyed ↩
  102. 102. Lamentations 3:55 Ps 130:1; Jon 2:2 ↩
  103. 103. Lamentations 3:56 Job 34:28 ↩
  104. 104. Lamentations 3:56 Ps 55:1 ↩
  105. 105. Lamentations 3:57 Ps 145:18 ↩
  106. 106. Lamentations 3:57 Is 41:10, 14 ↩
  107. 107. Lamentations 3:58 Jer 50:34 ↩
  108. 108. Lamentations 3:58 Ps 34:22 ↩
  109. 109. Lamentations 3:59 Jer 18:19, 20 ↩
  110. 110. Lamentations 3:59 Ps 26:1; 43:1 ↩
  111. 111. Lamentations 3:60 Jer 11:19 ↩
  112. 112. Lamentations 3:61 Ps 74:18; 89:50; Lam 5:1; Zeph 2:8 ↩
  113. 113. Lamentations 3:62 Ps 59:7, 12; 140:3; Ezek 36:3 ↩
  114. 114. Lamentations 3:63 I.e., daily activities ↩
  115. 115. Lamentations 3:63 Ps 139:2 ↩
  116. 116. Lamentations 3:63 Job 30:9; Lam 3:14 ↩
  117. 117. Lamentations 3:64 Ps 28:4; Jer 51:6, 24, 56 ↩
  118. 118. Lamentations 3:65 Or insanity ↩
  119. 119. Lamentations 3:65 Ex 14:8; Deut 2:30; Is 6:10 ↩
  120. 120. Lamentations 3:66 Lam 3:43 ↩
  121. 121. Lamentations 3:66 Ps 8:3 ↩

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