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Listen to Lamentations 3:14-22
14I became the laughingstock(A) of all my people;(B)
they mock me in song(C) all day long.
15He has filled me with bitter herbs
and given me gall to drink.(D)
16He has broken my teeth with gravel;(E)
he has trampled me in the dust.(F)
17I have been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18So I say, “My splendor is gone
and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”(G)
19I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness(H) and the gall.(I)
20I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast(J) within me.(K)
21Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22Because of the Lord’s great love(L) we are not consumed,(M)
for his compassions never fail.(N)
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Cross references
- Lamentations 3:14 : S Ge 38:23; Ps 22:6-7; Jer 20:7
- Lamentations 3:14 : S Job 17:2
- Lamentations 3:14 : S Job 30:9
- Lamentations 3:15 : ver 19; Jer 9:15
- Lamentations 3:16 : S Pr 20:17
- Lamentations 3:16 : S Ps 7:5
- Lamentations 3:18 : S ver 54; S Job 17:15
- Lamentations 3:19 : ver 5
- Lamentations 3:19 : S ver 15
- Lamentations 3:20 : S Ps 42:5
- Lamentations 3:20 : Ps 42:11; 43:5
- Lamentations 3:22 : S Ps 103:11
- Lamentations 3:22 : S Job 34:15; S Hos 11:9
- Lamentations 3:22 : Ps 78:38; 130:7
14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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14I 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.
16He has also broken my teeth (D)with gravel,
And [a]covered me with ashes.
17You have moved my soul far from peace;
I have forgotten [b]prosperity.
18(E)And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”
19Remember my affliction and roaming,
(F)The wormwood and the [c]gall.
20My soul still remembers
And [d]sinks within me.
21This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have (G)hope.
22(H)Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions (I)fail not.
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Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:16 Lit. bent me down in
- Lamentations 3:17 Lit. good
- Lamentations 3:19 bitterness
- Lamentations 3:20 Lit. bowed down
Cross references
- Lamentations 3:14 : Ps. 22:6, 7; 123:4; Jer. 20:7
- Lamentations 3:14 : Job 30:9; Ps. 69:12; Lam. 3:63
- Lamentations 3:15 : Jer. 9:15
- Lamentations 3:16 : [Prov. 20:17]
- Lamentations 3:18 : Ps. 31:22
- Lamentations 3:19 : Jer. 9:15; Lam. 3:5, 15
- Lamentations 3:21 : Ps. 130:7
- Lamentations 3:22 : [Mal. 3:6]
- Lamentations 3:22 : Ps. 78:38; [Jer. 3:12; 30:11]
14(A)I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
(B)the object of their taunts all day long.
15(C)He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with (D)wormwood.
16(E)He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
and (F)made me cower in ashes;
17my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness[a] is;
18(G)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord.”
19(H)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
(I)the wormwood and (J)the gall!
20My soul continually remembers it
(K)and is bowed down within me.
21But this I call to mind,
and (L)therefore I have hope:
22(M)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[b]
(N)his mercies never come to an end;
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Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:17 Hebrew good
- Lamentations 3:22 Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off
Cross references
- Lamentations 3:14 : See Jer. 20:7
- Lamentations 3:14 : ver. 63; Job 30:9; Ps. 69:12
- Lamentations 3:15 : [Isa. 51:17, 21]
- Lamentations 3:15 : Jer. 9:15
- Lamentations 3:16 : [Prov. 20:17]
- Lamentations 3:16 : See Jer. 6:26
- Lamentations 3:18 : [Ps. 9:18]
- Lamentations 3:19 : [ch. 1:9, 11, 20]
- Lamentations 3:19 : [See ver. 15 above]; Jer. 9:15
- Lamentations 3:19 : ver. 5
- Lamentations 3:20 : Ps. 42:6; 44:25
- Lamentations 3:21 : [Ps. 42:5, 11]
- Lamentations 3:22 : [Mal. 3:6]
- Lamentations 3:22 : [Mal. 3:6]
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