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Lamentations 3

New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah Shares Israel’s Misery

1I am the manH1397 who has 1seenH7200 miseryH6040 Because of the rodH7626 of His wrathH5678.2He has drivenH5090 me and made me walkH1980 In 2darknessH2822 and not in lightH216.3IndeedH389, He has 3turnedH2015 His handH3027 against me RepeatedlyH7725 allH3605 the dayH3117.4He has consumedH1086 my 4fleshH1320 and my skinH5785, He has 5brokenH7665 my bonesH6106.5He has 67besiegedH1129H5921 and surroundedH5362 me with 89bitternessH7219 and hardshipH8513.6He has made me liveH3427 in 10darkH4285 placesH4285, Like those who have longH5769 been deadH4191.7He has 11walledH1443 me in so that I cannotH3808 goH3318 outH3318; He has madeH3513 my 1213chainH5178 heavyH3513.8EvenH1571 whenH3588 I cryH2199 outH2199 and callH7768 forH7768 helpH7768, He 14shutsH8365 outH8365 my prayerH8605.9He has 15blockedH1443 my waysH1870 with cutH1496 stoneH1496; He has twistedH5753 my pathsH5410.10He is to me like a bearH1677 lyingH693 inH693 waitH693, Like a lionH743 in secretH4565 placesH4565.11He has made my waysH1870 deviateH5493, and 16tornH6582 me toH6582 piecesH6582; He has madeH8074 me desolateH8074.12He 17bentH1869 His bowH7198 And 18tookH5324 aimH5324 atH5324 me as a targetH4307 for the arrowH2671.13He made the 19arrowsH1121 of His 20quiverH827 EnterH935 my 21inwardH3629 partsH3629.14I have becomeH1961 a 22laughingstockH7814 to allH3605 my peopleH5971, Their 23songH5058 ofH5058 ridiculeH5058 allH3605 the dayH3117.15He has 24filledH7646 me with bitternessH4844, He has made me drinkH7301 plentyH7301 of wormwoodH3939.16He has also 25made my teethH8127 grindH1638 with 26gravelH2687; He has made me cowerH3728 in the 27dustH665.17My soulH5315 has beenH2186 excludedH2186 28from peaceH7965; I have forgottenH5382 29happinessH2899.18So I sayH559, “My 30strengthH5331 has failedH6, And so has my 31hopeH8431 from the LordH3068.”

Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy

19RememberH2142 my miseryH6040 and my homelessnessH4788, the 32wormwoodH3939 and 33bitternessH7219.2034My soulH5315 certainlyH2142 remembersH2142, And 35is 36bentH7817 overH7817 withinH5921 me.21I recallH7725 thisH2088 to my mindH3820, ThereforeH5921H3651 I 3738waitH3176.2239The Lord’sH3068 40actsH2617 ofH2617 mercyH2617 indeedH3588 do not endH8552, 41For His compassionsH7356 do not failH3615.23They are newH2319 42every morningH1242; GreatH7227 is 43Your faithfulnessH530.24“The LordH3068 is my 44portionH2506,” saysH559 my soulH5315, “ThereforeH5921H3651 I 4546waitH3176 for Him.”25The LordH3068 is goodH2896 to those who 4748awaitH6960 Him, To the 49personH5315 who 50seeksH1875 Him.26It is goodH2896 that he 51waitsH3175 silentlyH1748 For the salvationH8668 of the LordH3068.27It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 to bearH5375 The yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.28Let him 52sitH3427 aloneH910 and keepH1826 quietH1826, SinceH3588 He has laidH5190 it on him.29Let him 53putH5414 his mouthH6310 in the 54dustH6083; PerhapsH194 thereH3426 isH3426 55hopeH8615.30Let him giveH5414 his 56cheekH3895 to the one who is going to strikeH5221 him; Let him be filledH7646 with shameH2781.31For the LordH136 will 57not rejectH2186 foreverH5769,32For ifH518 He causesH3013 griefH3013, Then He will haveH7355 58compassionH7355 In proportion to His abundantH7230 mercyH2617.33For He 59does not 60afflictH6031 61willinglyH4480H3820 Or 62grieveH3013 the sonsH1121 of mankindH376.34To crushH1792 underH8478 63one’s feetH7272 AllH3605 the prisonersH615 of the 64landH776,35To 65depriveH5186 a manH1397 of 66justiceH4941 In the presenceH6440 of the MostH5945 HighH5945,36To 6768defraudH5791 someoneH120 in his lawsuitH7379-- Of these things the LordH136 does not 69approveH7200.37WhoH4310 is 70thereH2088 who speaksH559 and it 71comesH1961 toH1961 passH1961, UnlessH3808 the LordH136 has commandedH6680 it?38Is it not from the mouthH6310 of the MostH5945 HighH5945 That 7273both adversityH7463 and goodH2896 proceedH3318?

39Of whatH4100 can any livingH2416 74mortalH120, or any manH1397, 75ComplainH596 76inH5921 viewH5921 ofH5921 his sinsH2399?40Let’s 77examineH2664 and searchH2713 outH2713 our waysH1870, And let’s returnH7725 to the LordH3068.41We 78raiseH5375 our heartH3824 79and handsH3709 TowardH413 GodH410 in heavenH8064;42We have 80doneH6586 wrongH6586 and rebelledH4784; You have 81not pardonedH5545.43You have coveredH5526 Yourself with 82angerH639 And 83pursuedH7291 us; You have slainH2026 and 84have not sparedH2550.44You have 85veiledH5526 Yourself with a cloudH6051 SoH4480 thatH4480 86noH4480 prayerH8605 can passH5674 throughH5674.45You have madeH7760 us mere 87refuseH5501 and rubbishH3973 In the midstH7130 of the peoplesH5971.46AllH3605 our enemiesH340 have 88openedH6475 their mouthsH6310 againstH5921 us.4789PanicH6343 and pitfallH6354 have comeH1961 upon us, DevastationH7612 and destructionH7667;48My 9091eyesH5869 runH3381 downH3381 with streamsH6388 of waterH4325 BecauseH5921 of the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.49My eyesH5869 flowH5064 92unceasinglyH3808H1820, WithoutH369 stoppingH2014,50UntilH5704 the LordH3068 93looksH8259 downH8259 And seesH7200 from heavenH8064.51My eyesH5869 bringH5953 painH5953 to my soulH5315 BecauseH4480 of allH3605 the daughtersH1323 of my cityH5892.52My enemiesH340 94withoutH2600 reasonH2600 HuntedH6679 me downH6679 95like a birdH6833;53They have silencedH6789 96me 97in the pitH953 And have 9899thrownH3034 stonesH68 on me.54WatersH4325 flowedH6687 100overH5921 my headH7218; I saidH559, “I am 101cutH1504 offH1504!”55I 102calledH7121 on Your nameH8034, LordH3068, Out of the lowestH8482 pitH953.56You have 103heardH8085 my voiceH6963, “104Do not coverH5956 Your earH241 from my plea for reliefH7309, From my cryH7775 forH7775 helpH7775.”57You 105cameH7126 nearH7126 on the dayH3117 I calledH7121 to You; You saidH559, “106Do not fearH3372!”58LordH136, You 107have pleadedH7378 my soul’sH5315 causeH7379; You have 108redeemedH1350 my lifeH2425.59LordH3068, You have 109seenH7200 my oppressionH5792; 110JudgeH8199 my caseH4941.60You have seenH7200 allH3605 their vengeanceH5360, AllH3605 their 111schemesH4284 against me.61You have heardH8085 their 112reproachH2781, LordH3068, AllH3605 their schemesH4284 againstH5921 me.62The 113lipsH8193 of my assailantsH6965 and their talkH1902 Are againstH5921 me allH3605 dayH3117 long.63LookH5027 at their 114115sittingH3427 and their risingH7012; 116I am their mockingH4485 songH4485.64You will 117repayH7725H1576 them, LordH3068, In accordance with the workH4639 of their handsH3027.65You will giveH5414 them 118119shamelessnessH4044 of heartH3820, Your curseH8381 will be on them.66You will 120pursueH7291 them in angerH639 and eliminateH8045 them From underH8478 the 121heavensH8064 of the LordH3068!

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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