Lamentations 3:1-33

New American Standard Bible

Jeremiah Shares Israel’s Misery

3 I am the man who has ^(A)seen misery
Because of the rod of His wrath.
²He has driven me and made me walk
In ^(B)darkness and not in light.
³Indeed, He has ^(C)turned His hand against me
Repeatedly all the day.
⁴He has consumed my ^(D)flesh and my skin,
He has ^(E)broken my bones.
⁵He has ^[a]^(F)besieged and surrounded me with ^[b]^(G)bitterness and hardship.
⁶He has made me live in ^(H)dark places,
Like those who have long been dead.
⁷He has ^(I)walled me in so that I cannot go out;
He has made my ^[c]^(J)chain heavy.
⁸Even when I cry out and call for help,
He ^(K)shuts out my prayer.
⁹He has ^(L)blocked my ways with cut stone;
He has twisted my paths.
¹⁰He is to me like a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in secret places.
¹¹He has made my ways deviate, and ^(M)torn me to pieces;
He has made me desolate.
¹²He ^(N)bent His bow
And ^(O)took aim at me as a target for the arrow.
¹³He made the ^[d]arrows of His ^(P)quiver
Enter my ^[e]inward parts.
¹⁴I have become a ^(Q)laughingstock to all my people,
Their ^(R)song of ridicule all the day.
¹⁵He has ^(S)filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink plenty of wormwood.
¹⁶He has also ^(T)made my teeth grind with ^(U)gravel;
He has made me cower in the ^(V)dust.
¹⁷My soul has been excluded ^(W)from peace;
I have forgotten ^[f]happiness.
¹⁸So I say, “My ^[g]strength has failed,
And so has my ^(X)hope from the Lord.”

Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy

¹⁹Remember my misery and my homelessness, the ^(Y)wormwood and ^[h]bitterness.
²⁰^(Z)My soul certainly remembers,
And ^[i]is ^(AA)bent over within me.
²¹I recall this to my mind,
Therefore I ^[j]^(AB)wait.
²²^[k]The Lord’s ^(AC)acts of mercy indeed do not end,
^(AD)For His compassions do not fail.
²³They are new ^(AE)every morning;
Great is ^(AF)Your faithfulness.
²⁴“The Lord is my ^(AG)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I ^[l]^(AH)wait for Him.”
²⁵The Lord is good to those who ^[m]^(AI)await Him,
To the ^[n]person who ^(AJ)seeks Him.
²⁶It is good that he ^(AK)waits silently
For the salvation of the Lord.
²⁷It is good for a man to bear
The yoke in his youth.
²⁸Let him ^(AL)sit alone and keep quiet,
Since He has laid it on him.
²⁹Let him ^[o]put his mouth in the ^(AM)dust;
Perhaps there is ^(AN)hope.
³⁰Let him give his ^(AO)cheek to the one who is going to strike him;
Let him be filled with shame.
³¹For the Lord will ^(AP)not reject forever,
³²For if He causes grief,
Then He will have ^(AQ)compassion
In proportion to His abundant mercy.
³³For He ^(AR)does not ^[p]afflict ^[q]willingly
Or ^[r]grieve the sons of mankind.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 3:5 Lit built against
Lamentations 3:5 Lit poison
Lamentations 3:7 Lit bronze piece
Lamentations 3:13 Lit sons
Lamentations 3:13 Lit kidneys
Lamentations 3:17 Lit good
Lamentations 3:18 Or splendor
Lamentations 3:19 Lit poison
Lamentations 3:20 Or bows down
Lamentations 3:21 Lit have hope
Lamentations 3:22 As in ancient versions; MT It is...mercy that we do not end
Lamentations 3:24 Or hope in
Lamentations 3:25 Or hope in
Lamentations 3:25 Lit soul
Lamentations 3:29 Lit give
Lamentations 3:33 Or oppress
Lamentations 3:33 Lit from His heart
Lamentations 3:33 Or torment

John 13:1-35

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The Lord’s Supper

13 Now before the Feast of ^(A)the Passover, Jesus, knowing that ^(B)His hour had come that He would depart from this world ^(C)to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them ^[a]to the end. ²And during supper, ^(D)the devil having already put into the heart of ^(E)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, ³Jesus, ^(F)knowing that the Father had handed all things over to Him, and that ^(G)He had come forth from God and was going back to God, ⁴*got up from supper and *laid His outer garments aside; and He took a towel and ^(H)tied it around Himself.

Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet

⁵Then He *poured water into the basin, and began ^(I)washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself. ⁶So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, “Lord, You are washing my feet?” ⁷Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not realize right now, but you will understand ^(J)later.” ⁸Peter *said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “^(K)If I do not wash you, ^(L)you have no ^[b]place with Me.” ⁹Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” ¹⁰Jesus *said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet; otherwise he is completely clean. And ^(M)you are clean—but ^[c]not all of you.” ¹¹For ^(N)He knew the one who was betraying Him; it was for this reason that He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

¹²Then, when He had washed their feet, and ^(O)taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you? ¹³You call Me ^(P)‘Teacher’ and ^(Q)‘Lord’; and ^[d]you are correct, for so I am. ¹⁴So if I, ^(R)the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵For I gave you ^(S)an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you. ¹⁶Truly, truly I say to you, ^(T)a slave is not greater than his master, nor is ^(U)^[e]one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷If you know these things, you are ^(V)blessed if you do them. ¹⁸^(W)I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have ^(X)chosen; but this is happening ^(Y)so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘^(Z)He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’ ¹⁹From now on ^(AA)I am telling you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that ^(AB)I am He. ²⁰Truly, truly I say to you, ^(AC)the one who ^[f]receives anyone I send, ^[g]receives Me; and the one who ^[h]receives Me ^[i]receives Him who sent Me.”

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

²¹When Jesus had said these things, He ^(AD)became troubled in spirit, and ^[j]testified and said, “Truly, truly I say to you that ^(AE)one of you will ^[k]betray Me.” ²²The disciples began looking at one another, ^(AF)at a loss to know of which one He was speaking. ²³Lying back on ^(AG)Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, ^(AH)whom Jesus loved. ²⁴So Simon Peter *nodded to this disciple and *said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.” ²⁵He then simply ^(AI)leaned back on Jesus’ chest and *said to Him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶Jesus then *answered, “That man is the one for whom I shall dip the piece of bread and give it to him.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread, He *took and *gave it to Judas, ^(AJ)the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷After ^[l]this, ^(AK)Satan then ^(AL)entered him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, “What you are doing, do it quickly.” ²⁸Now none of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him. ²⁹For some were assuming, since Judas ^(AM)kept the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we need ^(AN)for the feast”; or else, that he was to ^[m]^(AO)give something to the poor. ³⁰So after receiving the piece of bread, he left immediately; and ^(AP)it was night.

³¹Therefore when he had left, Jesus *said, “Now ^[n]is ^(AQ)the Son of Man ^(AR)glorified, and ^(AS)God ^[o]is glorified in Him; ³²^[p]if God is glorified in Him, ^(AT)God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. ³³^(AU)Little children, I am still with you ^(AV)a little longer. ^(AW)You will look for Me; and just as I said to the ^[q]Jews, now I also say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ ³⁴I am giving you a ^(AX)new commandment, ^(AY)that you love one another; ^(AZ)just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵^(BA)By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”