Lamentations 3:1
New King James Version
The Prophet’s Anguish and Hope
3 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
Lamentations 3:5
New King James Version
5 He has besieged me
And surrounded me with bitterness and [a]woe.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:5 hardship or weariness
Lamentations 3:14-15
New King James Version
14 I have become the (A)ridicule of all my people—
(B)Their taunting song all the day.
15 (C)He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.
Lamentations 3:18-24
New King James Version
18 (A)And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”
19 Remember my affliction and roaming,
(B)The wormwood and the [a]gall.
20 My soul still remembers
And [b]sinks within me.
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have (C)hope.
22 (D)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions (E)fail not.
23 They are new (F)every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my (G)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I (H)hope in Him!”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:19 bitterness
- Lamentations 3:20 Lit. bowed down
Lamentations 3:37-38
New King James Version
37 Who is he (A)who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That (B)woe and well-being proceed?
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