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Lamentations 3:40-66
RETURN TO THE LORD - Jun 14, 2024 -
Lamentations 3:19-39
THE STEADFAST LOVE OF THE LORD - Jun 13, 2024 -
Lamentations 3:40-66
CALL ON THE LORD FROM THE DEPTHS - Aug 25, 2018 -
Lamentations 3:19-39
GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS - Aug 24, 2018 -
Lamentations 3:1-18
WALKING IN DARKNESS - Aug 23, 2018 -
Lamentations 3:1-24
GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS - Jan 01, 2000 -
Lamentations 3:25-66
LET US RETURN TO THE LORD - Jan 01, 2000
HE HAS TURNED HIS HAND AGAINST ME
Key verse: 3
NIV
3 [a]I am the man who has seen affliction(A)
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.(B)
2 He has driven me away and made me walk
in darkness(C) rather than light;
3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me(D)
again and again, all day long.
4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old(E)
and has broken my bones.(F)
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me
with bitterness(G) and hardship.(H)
6 He has made me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.(I)
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape;(J)
he has weighed me down with chains.(K)
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,(L)
he shuts out my prayer.(M)
9 He has barred(N) my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.(O)
10 Like a bear lying in wait,
like a lion(P) in hiding,(Q)
11 he dragged me from the path and mangled(R) me
and left me without help.
12 He drew his bow(S)
and made me the target(T) for his arrows.(U)
Footnotes
- 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.
Cross references
- Lamentations 3:1 : Jer 15:17-18
- Lamentations 3:1 : S Job 19:21; Ps 88:7
- Lamentations 3:2 : S Job 19:8; S Ps 82:5; S Jer 4:23
- Lamentations 3:3 : Ps 38:2; Isa 5:25
- Lamentations 3:4 : S Job 30:30; La 4:8
- Lamentations 3:4 : Ps 51:8; S Isa 38:13; S Jer 50:17
- Lamentations 3:5 : ver 19
- Lamentations 3:5 : Jer 23:15
- Lamentations 3:6 : Ps 88:5-6; 143:3; Isa 59:10
- Lamentations 3:7 : S Job 3:23
- Lamentations 3:7 : Jer 40:4
- Lamentations 3:8 : Ps 5:2
- Lamentations 3:8 : ver 44; S Dt 1:45; S Job 30:20; Ps 22:2
- Lamentations 3:9 : S Job 19:8
- Lamentations 3:9 : S Job 9:24; S Isa 63:17; Hos 2:6
- Lamentations 3:10 : S Job 10:16
- Lamentations 3:10 : Hos 13:8; Am 5:18-19
- Lamentations 3:11 : Hos 6:1
- Lamentations 3:12 : S La 2:4
- Lamentations 3:12 : Job 7:20
- Lamentations 3:12 : S Job 16:12; Ps 7:12-13; 38:2
- Lamentations 3:13 : S Job 16:13
- Lamentations 3:13 : Job 6:4
- 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
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ESV
Great Is Your Faithfulness
3 (A)I am the man who has seen affliction
under the (B)rod of his wrath;
2 he has driven and brought me
(C)into darkness without any light;
3 surely against me he turns his hand
again and again the whole day long.
4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
(D)he has broken my bones;
5 (E)he has besieged and enveloped me
with (F)bitterness and tribulation;
6 (G)he has made me dwell in darkness
like the dead of long ago.
7 (H)He has walled me about so that (I)I cannot escape;
he has made my chains heavy;
8 though (J)I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
9 (K)he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
10 (L)He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;
11 (M)he turned aside my steps and (N)tore me to pieces;
(O)he has made me desolate;
12 (P)he bent his bow (Q)and set me
as a target for his arrow.
13 He drove into my kidneys
(R)the arrows of his quiver;
14 (S)I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
(T)the object of their taunts all day long.
15 (U)He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with (V)wormwood.
16 (W)He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
and (X)made me cower in ashes;
17 my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness[a] is;
18 (Y)so I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:17 Hebrew good
Cross references
- Lamentations 3:1 : Jer. 20:18
- Lamentations 3:1 : Ps. 2:9
- Lamentations 3:2 : Isa. 5:30
- Lamentations 3:4 : Ps. 51:8; Isa. 38:13; Jer. 50:17
- Lamentations 3:5 : [Job 19:12]
- Lamentations 3:5 : ver. 19; Deut. 29:18
- Lamentations 3:6 : Ps. 143:3
- Lamentations 3:7 : Job 19:8
- Lamentations 3:7 : Ps. 88:8
- Lamentations 3:8 : Job 19:7; 30:20; Ps. 22:2
- Lamentations 3:9 : [See ver. 7 above]; Job 19:8
- Lamentations 3:10 : See Hos. 13:8
- Lamentations 3:11 : [Jer. 18:15]
- Lamentations 3:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; See Hos. 13:8
- Lamentations 3:11 : ch. 1:13
- Lamentations 3:12 : ch. 2:4
- Lamentations 3:12 : [Job 16:12]
- Lamentations 3:13 : Job 6:4; Ps. 38:2
- 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]
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The laments in this chapter are personal laments. The author has grieved for his city and his nation. Now he grieves for himself because of the Lord’s judgment. He has witnessed firsthand the Lord’s wrath. Evidence of the Lord’s wrath is all around him. Here the author speaks of his own affliction. He walks in darkness. The Lord’s hand is against him all day long. He is surrounded with bitterness and hardship. Try as he might, he cannot escape the misery of God’s judgment. He is walled in like a prison.
The author was once prosperous. Not so anymore. He was once at peace. Not so anymore (17). He is a laughingstock to his people. The author admits his heart has been pierced with the Lord’s arrows. What happens when a heart is pierced? It dies. When we don’t have God, we don’t have life. This is not just the sorrowful words of a man in sin. These are the words of a man who has been abandoned by God. When the Lord removes his blessing from us (his presence), our lives are utterly devoid of worth or pleasure. The only answer is to repent and come to Jesus. Our sins will be forgiven, and we will be restored.
Prayer: Father, how can we endure without your mercy? Have mercy on us and forgive us our sin.
One Word: No hope without the Lord