Lamentations 3:18

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 has made me chew on gravel. He has rolled me in the dust. 17Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is. I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!” 19The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words. 20I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.

Lamentations 3:18 word by word

וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• My strengthנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• and my hopeתּוֹחֶ֫לֶתtôcheleth · hopeH8431
• is perishedאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• from the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:18

• 1 Samuel 27:1But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”
• Job 6:11But I don’t have the strength to endure. I have nothing to live for.
• Job 17:15Where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?
• Psalms 31:22In panic I cried out, “I am cut off from the Lord!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.
• Psalms 116:11In my anxiety I cried out to you, “These people are all liars!”
• Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’

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

Topics related to Lamentations 3:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Doubting

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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