Lamentations 3:1-2

New International Version

3 ^[a]I am the man who has seen affliction^(A)
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.^(B)
²He has driven me away and made me walk
in darkness^(C) rather than light;

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Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.

Lamentations 3:1-2

King James Version

3 I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

²He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

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