Lamentations 3
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Lamentations 3:40-54

40Let’s 1examineH2664 and searchH2713 outH2713 our waysH1870, And let’s returnH7725 to the LordH3068.41We 2raiseH5375 our heartH3824 3and handsH3709 TowardH413 GodH410 in heavenH8064;42We have 4doneH6586 wrongH6586 and rebelledH4784; You have 5not pardonedH5545.43You have coveredH5526 Yourself with 6angerH639 And 7pursuedH7291 us; You have slainH2026 and 8have not sparedH2550.44You have 9veiledH5526 Yourself with a cloudH6051 SoH4480 thatH4480 10noH4480 prayerH8605 can passH5674 throughH5674.45You have madeH7760 us mere 11refuseH5501 and rubbishH3973 In the midstH7130 of the peoplesH5971.46AllH3605 our enemiesH340 have 12openedH6475 their mouthsH6310 againstH5921 us.4713PanicH6343 and pitfallH6354 have comeH1961 upon us, DevastationH7612 and destructionH7667;48My 1415eyesH5869 runH3381 downH3381 with streamsH6388 of waterH4325 BecauseH5921 of the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.49My eyesH5869 flowH5064 16unceasinglyH3808H1820, WithoutH369 stoppingH2014,50UntilH5704 the LordH3068 17looksH8259 downH8259 And seesH7200 from heavenH8064.51My eyesH5869 bringH5953 painH5953 to my soulH5315 BecauseH4480 of allH3605 the daughtersH1323 of my cityH5892.52My enemiesH340 18withoutH2600 reasonH2600 HuntedH6679 me downH6679 19like a birdH6833;53They have silencedH6789 20me 21in the pitH953 And have 2223thrownH3034 stonesH68 on me.54WatersH4325 flowedH6687 24overH5921 my headH7218; I saidH559, “I am 25cutH1504 offH1504!”

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  1. 1. Lamentations 3:40 Ps 119:59; 139:23, 24; 2 Cor 13:5 ↩
  2. 2. Lamentations 3:41 Ps 25:1; 28:2; 141:2 ↩
  3. 3. Lamentations 3:41 Lit toward our ↩
  4. 4. Lamentations 3:42 Neh 9:26; Jer 14:20; Dan 9:5 ↩
  5. 5. Lamentations 3:42 2 Kin 24:4; Jer 5:7, 9 ↩
  6. 6. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:21 ↩
  7. 7. Lamentations 3:43 Ps 83:15; Lam 3:66 ↩
  8. 8. Lamentations 3:43 Lam 2:2, 17, 21 ↩
  9. 9. Lamentations 3:44 Ps 97:2 ↩
  10. 10. Lamentations 3:44 Lam 3:8; Zech 7:13 ↩
  11. 11. Lamentations 3:45 1 Cor 4:13 ↩
  12. 12. Lamentations 3:46 Job 30:9, 10; Ps 22:6-8; Lam 2:16 ↩
  13. 13. Lamentations 3:47 Is 24:17, 18; Jer 48:43, 44 ↩
  14. 14. Lamentations 3:48 Lit eye goes down ↩
  15. 15. Lamentations 3:48 Ps 119:136; Jer 9:1, 18; Lam 1:16; 2:11, 18 ↩
  16. 16. Lamentations 3:49 Ps 77:2; Jer 14:17 ↩
  17. 17. Lamentations 3:50 Ps 80:14; Is 63:15; Lam 5:1 ↩
  18. 18. Lamentations 3:52 Ps 35:7, 19 ↩
  19. 19. Lamentations 3:52 1 Sam 26:20; Ps 11:1; 124:7 ↩
  20. 20. Lamentations 3:53 Lit my life ↩
  21. 21. Lamentations 3:53 Jer 37:16; 38:6, 9 ↩
  22. 22. Lamentations 3:53 Or thrown a stone ↩
  23. 23. Lamentations 3:53 Dan 6:17 ↩
  24. 24. Lamentations 3:54 Ps 69:2; Jon 2:3-5 ↩
  25. 25. Lamentations 3:54 Or destroyed ↩

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