Lamentations 3

1 The prophet bewails his own calamities.

22 By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope.

37 He acknowledges God's justice.

55 He prays for deliverance,

64 and vengeance on his enemies.

the man.

1:12-14; Job 19:21; Ps 71:20; 88:7,15,16; Isa 53:3; Jer 15:17,18

Jer 20:14-18; 38:6

his wrath.That is, the wrath of God.

brought.

53-55; 2:1; De 28:29; Job 18:18; 30:26; Isa 59:9; Jer 13:16

Am 5:18-20; Jude 1:6,13

2:4-7; De 29:20; Job 31:21; Isa 1:25; 63:10

My flesh.

Job 16:8,9; Ps 31:9,10; 32:3; 38:2-8; 102:3-5

he hath.

Ps 22:14; 51:8; Isa 38:13; Jer 50:17

builded.

7-9; Job 19:8

gall.

19; Ps 69:21; Jer 8:14; 9:15; 23:15

in dark.

Ps 88:5,6; 143:3,7

hedged.

9; Job 3:23; 19:8; Ps 88:8; Jer 38:6; Ho 2:6

made.

1:14; 5:5; Da 9:12

44; Job 19:7; 30:20; Ps 22:2; 80:4; Hab 1:2; Mt 27:46

made.

11; Isa 30:28; 63:17

unto.

Job 10:16; Isa 38:13; Ho 5:14; 6:1; 13:7,8; Am 5:18-20

in secret.

Ps 10:9; 17:12

pulled.

Job 16:12,13; Ps 50:22; Jer 5:6; 51:20-22; Da 2:40-44; 7:23

Mic 5:8; Ho 6:1

he hath made.

1:13; Job 16:7; Isa 3:26; Jer 6:8; 9:10,11; 19:8; 32:43; Mt 23:38

Re 18:19

bent.

Job 6:4; 7:20; 16:12,13; Ps 7:12,13; 38:2

arrows. Heb. sons.

De 32:23; Job 6:4; 41:28

63; Ne 4:2-4; Job 30:1-9; Ps 22:6,7; 35:15,16; 44:13; 69:11,12

Ps 79:4; 123:3,4; 137:3; Jer 20:7; 48:27; Mt 27:39-44; 1Co 4:9-13

filled.

19; Ru 1:20; Job 9:18; Ps 60:3; Isa 51:17-22; Jer 9:15; 23:15

Jer 25:15-18,27

bitterness. Heb. bitternesses.

broken.

Job 4:10; Ps 3:7; 58:6

gravel.

Pr 20:17; Mt 7:9; Lu 11:11

he hath.

Ps 102:9

covered me with ashes. or, rolled me in the ashes.

Job 2:8; Jer 6:26; Jon 3:6

thou.

1:16; Ps 119:155; Isa 38:17; 54:10; 59:11; Jer 8:15; 14:19; 16:5

Zec 8:10

I forgat.

Ge 41:30; Job 7:7; Jer 20:14-18

prosperity. Heb. good.

1Sa 27:1; Job 6:11; 17:15; Ps 31:22; 116:11; Eze 37:11

Remembering. or, Remember.

Ne 9:32; Job 7:7; Ps 89:47,50; 132:1

the.

5,15; Jer 9:15

hath.

Job 21:6

humbled. Heb. bowed.

Ps 42:5,6,11; 43:5; 146:8

recall to my mind. Heb. make to return to my heart.

Ps 77:7-11

therefore.

24-29; Ps 119:81; 130:7; Hab 2:3

of.

Ezr 9:8,9,13-15; Ne 9:31; Ps 78:38; 106:45; Eze 20:8,9,13,14,21

Eze 20:22; Mal 3:6

because.

Ps 77:8; 86:15; Mic 7:18,19; Lu 1:50

new.

Ps 30:5; Isa 33:2; Zep 3:5

great.

Ex 34:6; Ps 36:5; 89:1,2,33; 146:6; Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18; 10:23

my portion.

Ps 16:5; 73:26; 119:57; 142:5; Jer 10:16; 51:19

therefore.

21; 1Sa 30:6; 1Ch 5:20; Job 13:15; Ps 31:24; 33:18; 42:11; 43:5

Ps 62:8; 84:12; 130:7; Ro 15:12; 1Pe 1:21

good.

26; Ge 49:18; Ps 25:8; 27:14; 37:7,34; 39:7; 40:1-5; 61:1,5

Ps 130:5,6; Isa 25:9; 30:18; 40:31; 64:4; Mic 7:7,8; Zep 3:8

1Th 1:10; Jas 5:7

to.

1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 15:2; 19:3; 30:19; 31:21; Ps 22:26; 27:8; 69:32; 105:3

Ps 119:2; Isa 26:9; 55:6; Ho 10:12

good.

Ps 52:9; 54:6; 73:28; 92:1; Ga 4:18

hope.

Heb 3:14; 10:35; 1Pe 1:13

quietly.

Ge 49:18; Ex 14:13; 2Ch 20:17; Ps 37:7,34; 119:166,174; 130:5

Isa 30:7,15

bear.

Ps 90:12; 94:12; 119:71; Ec 12:1; Mt 11:29,30; Heb 12:5-12

2:10; Ps 39:9; 102:7; Jer 15:17

putteth.

2Ch 33:12; Job 40:4; 42:5,6; Eze 16:63; Ro 3:19

if.

Joe 2:14; Jon 3:9; Zep 2:3; Lu 15:18,19; 18:13

his.

Job 16:10; Isa 50:6; Mic 5:1; Mt 5:39; 26:67; Lu 6:29; 2Co 11:20

filled.

Ps 69:9,20; 123:3

1Sa 12:22; Ps 77:7; 94:14; 103:8-10; Isa 54:7-10; 57:16; Jer 31:37

Jer 32:40; 33:24; Mic 7:18; Ro 11:1-6

22; Ex 2:23; 3:7; Jud 10:16; 2Ki 13:23; Ps 30:5; 78:38; 103:11

Ps 106:43-45; Jer 31:20; Ho 11:8; Lu 15:20

afflict.

Isa 28:21; Eze 18:32; 33:11; Heb 12:9,10

willingly. Heb. from his heart.

crush.

Isa 51:22,23; Jer 50:17,33,34; 51:33-36

all.

Ps 69:33; 79:11; 102:20; Isa 14:17; 49:9; Zec 9:11,12

turn.

Ps 12:5; 140:12; Pr 17:15; 22:22; 23:10; Zec 1:15,16

the most High. or, a superior.

the Lord.

2Sa 11:27; Isa 59:15; Hab 1:13

approveth. Heb. seeth.

saith.

Ps 33:9-11; Pr 16:9; 19:21; 21:30; Isa 46:10; Da 4:35; Ro 9:15

Eph 1:11; Jas 4:13-15

Job 2:10; Ps 75:7; Pr 29:26; Isa 45:7; Am 3:6

doth.

22; Nu 11:11; Pr 19:3; Isa 38:17-19

complain. or, murmur. a man.

Ge 4:5-7,13,14; Le 26:41,43; Nu 16:41; 17:12; Jos 7:6-13

2Sa 6:7,8; 2Ki 3:13; 6:32; Ezr 9:13; Job 11:6; Isa 51:20; Jon 2:3,4

Jon 4:8,9; Mic 7:9; Heb 12:5-12; Re 16:9

search.

1Ch 15:12,13; Job 11:13-15; 34:31,32; Ps 4:4; 119:59; 139:23,24

Eze 18:28; Hag 1:5-9; 1Co 11:28,31; 2Co 13:5

turn.

De 4:30; 2Ch 30:6,9; Isa 55:7; Ho 6:1; 12:6; 14:1-3; Joe 2:12,13

Zec 1:3,4; Ac 26:20

lift.

Ps 25:1; 86:4; 143:6-8

with.

Ps 28:2; 63:4; 141:2; 1Th 2:8

transgressed.

1:18; 5:16; Ne 9:26; Job 33:27,28; Jer 3:13; Da 9:5-14; Lu 15:18,19

thou.

2Ki 24:4; Jer 5:7,8; Eze 24:13; Zec 1:5

covered.

2:1; Ps 44:19

persecuted.

66; Ps 83:15

thou hast slain.

2:2,17,21; 2Ch 36:16,17; Eze 7:9; 8:18; 9:10

covered.

Ps 97:2

that.

8; Ps 80:4; Jer 14:11; 15:1; Zec 7:13

as.

14; 2:15; 4:14,15; De 28:13,37,44; 1Co 4:13

have.

2:16; Ex 11:7; Job 30:9-11; Ps 22:6-8; 44:13,14; 79:4,10

Mt 27:38-45

Fear.

Isa 24:17,18; 51:19; Jer 48:43,44; Lu 21:35

desolation.

1:4,13; 2:1-9

2:11,18; Ps 119:136; Jer 4:19; 9:1,18; 13:17; Ro 9:1-3

and.

1:16; Ps 77:2; Jer 14:17

2:20; 5:1; Ps 80:14-16; 102:19,20; Isa 62:6,7; 63:15; 64:1

Da 9:16-19

eye.

Ge 44:34; 1Sa 30:3,4; Jer 4:19-21; 14:18; Lu 19:41-44

mine heart. Heb. my soul. because of all. or, more thanall. the daughters.

1:18; 2:21; 5:11; Jer 11:22; 14:16; 19:9

chased.

Jer 37:15,16; 38:4-6

without.

1Sa 24:10-15; 25:28,29; 26:18-20; Ps 35:7,19; 69:4; 109:3; 119:161

Jer 37:18; Joh 15:25

cut.

Jer 37:20; 38:6,9

and.

Da 6:17; Mt 27:60,66

Waters.

Ps 18:4; 69:1,2,15; 124:4,5; Jon 2:3-5

I said.

18; Job 17:11-16; Ps 31:22; Isa 38:10-13; Eze 37:11; 2Co 1:8-10

2Ch 33:11,12; Ps 18:5,6; 40:1,2; 69:13-18; 116:3,4; 130:1,2

Ps 142:3-7; Jer 38:6; Jon 2:2-4; Ac 16:24-28

hast.

2Ch 33:13,19; Job 34:28; Ps 3:4; 6:8,9; 34:6; 66:19; 116:1,2

Isa 38:5

hide.

Ps 55:1; 88:13,14; Ro 8:26

drewest.

Ps 69:18; 145:18; Isa 58:9; Jas 4:8

thou saidst.

Isa 41:10,14; 43:1,2; Jer 1:17; Ac 18:9; 27:24; Re 1:17; 2:10

thou hast pleaded.

1Sa 25:39; Ps 35:1; Jer 51:36

thou hast redeemed.

Ge 48:16; Ps 34:22; 71:23; 103:4

thou hast.

Jer 11:19-21; 15:10; 18:18-23; 20:7-10; 37:1-38:28

judge.

Ge 31:42; Ps 9:4; 26:1; 35:1,23; 43:1; 1Pe 2:23

59; Ps 10:14; Jer 11:19,20

30; 5:1; Ps 74:18; 89:50; Zep 2:8

lips.

Ps 59:7,12; 140:3; Eze 36:3

and.

Jer 18:18

their sitting.

Ps 139:2

I am.

14; Job 30:9

Ps 28:4; Jer 11:20; 50:29; 2Ti 4:14; Re 6:10; 18:6

sorrow. or, obstinacy.

De 2:30; Isa 6:10

thy.

De 27:15-26; Ps 109:17,18; 1Co 16:22

Persecute.

43; Ps 35:6; 73:15

under.

De 7:24; 25:19; 29:20; 2Ki 14:27; Jer 10:11

heavens.

Ps 8:3; 115:16; Isa 66:1