New English Translation
Lamentations 3:18
18So I said, “My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord.” ז (Zayin)
Lamentations 3:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
- New International Version (NIV)So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the Lord."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the Lord.”
Context of Lamentations 3:18
16He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust. 17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. So I said, “My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord.” ז (Zayin) 19Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison. 20I continually think about this, and I am depressed.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:18 word by word
וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:18
- 1 Samuel 27:1David thought to himself, “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”
- Job 6:11What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?
- Job 17:15where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?
- Psalms 31:22I jumped to conclusions and said, “I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
- Psalms 116:11I rashly declared, “All men are liars.”
- Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18And my hope - That first, that last support of the miserable - it is gone! it is perished! The sovereign God alone can revive it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.” Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah. Lamentations 3:12 This new…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1816-18. gravel--referring to the grit that often mixes with bread baked in ashes, as is the custom of baking in the East (Pr 20:17). We fare as hardly as those who eat such bread. The same allusion is in "Covered me with ashes," namely, as bread.Read the comment
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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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