New Living Translation
Lamentations 3:42
42“We have sinned and rebelled, and you have not forgiven us.
Lamentations 3:42 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
- New International Version (NIV)“We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven.
- New King James Version (NKJV)We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.
Context of Lamentations 3:42
40Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord. 41Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say, “We have sinned and rebelled, and you have not forgiven us. 43“You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down, and slaughtered us without mercy. 44You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you.
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נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:42
- Lamentations 1:18“The Lord is right,” Jerusalem says, “for I rebelled against him. Listen, people everywhere; look upon my anguish and despair, for my sons and daughters have been taken captive to distant lands.
- Lamentations 5:16The garlands have fallen from our heads. Weep for us because we have sinned.
- Nehemiah 9:26“But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They turned their backs on your Law, they killed your prophets who warned them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.
- Job 33:27He will declare to his friends, ‘I sinned and twisted the truth, but it was not worth it.
- Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt. Admit that you rebelled against the Lord your God and committed adultery against him by worshiping idols under every green tree. Confess that you refused to listen to my voice. I, the Lord, have spoken!
- Daniel 9:5But we have sinned and done wrong. We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations.
- Luke 15:18I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you,
- 2 Kings 24:4who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The Lord would not forgive this.
- Jeremiah 5:7“How can I pardon you? For even your children have turned from me. They have sworn by gods that are not gods at all! I fed my people until they were full. But they thanked me by committing adultery and lining up at the brothels.
- Ezekiel 24:13Your impurity is your lewdness and the corruption of your idolatry. I tried to cleanse you, but you refused. So now you will remain in your filth until my fury against you has been satisfied.
- Zechariah 1:5“Where are your ancestors now? They and the prophets are long dead.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:42
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-42Verses 40-42 The prophet urges men to search out their faults and amend them. Lamentations 3:40 And turn again to the Lord - Or, “and return to Yahweh.” The prep. (to) in the Hebrew implies not half way, but the whole. Lamentations 3:41 Literally, “Let us lift up our heart unto our hands unto God in heaven;” as if the heart first lifted up the hands, and then with them mounted up in prayer to God. In real prayer the outward expression is caused by the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 40-42Repentance is essential for receiving salvation (Isaiah 1:27; Jeremiah 3:22; Ezekiel 3:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 40-4240-42. us--Jeremiah and his fellow countrymen in their calamity. search--as opposed to the torpor wherewith men rest only on their outward sufferings, without attending to the cause of them (Psa 139:23, 24).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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