New American Standard Bible 2020

Lamentations 3:4-18

4He has consumedH1086 my 1fleshH1320 and my skinH5785, He has 2brokenH7665 my bonesH6106.5He has 3 4besiegedH1129 H5921 and surroundedH5362 me with 5 6bitternessH7219 and hardshipH8513.6He has made me liveH3427 in 7darkH4285 placesH4285, Like those who have longH5769 been deadH4191.7He has 8walledH1443 me in so that I cannotH3808 goH3318 outH3318; He has madeH3513 my 9 10chainH5178 heavyH3513.8EvenH1571 whenH3588 I cryH2199 outH2199 and callH7768 forH7768 helpH7768, He 11shutsH8365 outH8365 my prayerH8605.9He has 12blockedH1443 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 13tornH6582 me toH6582 piecesH6582; He has madeH8074 me desolateH8074.12He 14bentH1869 His bowH7198 And 15tookH5324 aimH5324 atH5324 me as a targetH4307 for the arrowH2671.13He made the 16arrowsH1121 of His 17quiverH827 EnterH935 my 18inwardH3629 partsH3629.14I have becomeH1961 a 19laughingstockH7814 to allH3605 my peopleH5971, Their 20songH5058 ofH5058 ridiculeH5058 allH3605 the dayH3117.15He has 21filledH7646 me with bitternessH4844, He has made me drinkH7301 plentyH7301 of wormwoodH3939.16He has also 22made my teethH8127 grindH1638 with 23gravelH2687; He has made me cowerH3728 in the 24dustH665.17My soulH5315 has beenH2186 excludedH2186 25from peaceH7965; I have forgottenH5382 26happinessH2899.18So I sayH559, “My 27strengthH5331 has failedH6, And so has my 28hopeH8431 from the LordH3068.”

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Notes

1. Lamentations 3:4 Ps 31:9, 10; 38:2-8; 102:3-5 ↩
2. Lamentations 3:4 Ps 51:8; Is 38:13 ↩
3. Lamentations 3:5 Lit built against ↩
4. Lamentations 3:5 Job 19:8 ↩
5. Lamentations 3:5 Lit poison ↩
6. Lamentations 3:5 Jer 23:15; Lam 3:19 ↩
7. Lamentations 3:6 Ps 88:5, 6; 143:3 ↩
8. Lamentations 3:7 Job 3:23; 19:8 ↩
9. Lamentations 3:7 Lit bronze piece ↩
10. Lamentations 3:7 Jer 40:4 ↩
11. Lamentations 3:8 Job 30:20; Ps 22:2 ↩
12. Lamentations 3:9 Is 63:17; Hos 2:6 ↩
13. Lamentations 3:11 Job 16:12, 13; Jer 15:3; Hos 6:1 ↩
14. Lamentations 3:12 Ps 7:12; Lam 2:4 ↩
15. Lamentations 3:12 Job 6:4; 7:20; Ps 38:2 ↩
16. Lamentations 3:13 Lit sons ↩
17. Lamentations 3:13 Jer 5:16 ↩
18. Lamentations 3:13 Lit kidneys ↩
19. Lamentations 3:14 Ps 22:6, 7; 123:4; Jer 20:7 ↩
20. Lamentations 3:14 Job 30:9; Lam 3:63 ↩
21. Lamentations 3:15 Jer 9:15 ↩
22. Lamentations 3:16 Ps 3:7; 58:6 ↩
23. Lamentations 3:16 Prov 20:17 ↩
24. Lamentations 3:16 Jer 6:26 ↩
25. Lamentations 3:17 Is 59:11; Jer 12:12 ↩
26. Lamentations 3:17 Lit good ↩
27. Lamentations 3:18 Or splendor ↩
28. Lamentations 3:18 Job 17:15; Ezek 37:11 ↩

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