Lamentations 3
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1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
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2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
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3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
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4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
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5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
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6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
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7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
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9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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10He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
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15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
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18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
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19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
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21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
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22It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
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24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
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26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
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29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
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31For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
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32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
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33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
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35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
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36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
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37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
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39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
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41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
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42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
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43Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
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44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
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45Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
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46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
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47Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
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48Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
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50Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
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51Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
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52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
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53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
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54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
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55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
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56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
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58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
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59O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
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60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
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61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
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62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
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63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
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64Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
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65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
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66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
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Chapter 3
Cross References
Lamentations 3:1
Psalms 88:7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Sel...Job 19:21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath...Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I a...Psalms 71:20Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and...Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Ha...
Lamentations 3:2
Job 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, the...Isaiah 59:9¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait f...Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day...Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shal...Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet...
Lamentations 3:3
Isaiah 5:25Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stret...Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy sha...Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the ga...Isaiah 63:10¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be th...Isaiah 1:25¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take a...
Lamentations 3:4
Isaiah 38:13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from da...Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejo...Jeremiah 50:17¶ Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of...Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.Psalms 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Lamentations 3:5
Lamentations 3:19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.Jeremiah 23:15Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will f...Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my path...Jeremiah 9:15Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed t...Psalms 69:21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to dri...
Lamentations 3:6
Lamentations 3:7
Job 3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my path...Psalms 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abominati...Jeremiah 40:4And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine han...Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Ha...
Lamentations 3:8
Job 30:20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me no...Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, a...Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no jud...Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eli, Eli, lama sa...Habakkuk 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of...
Lamentations 3:9
Isaiah 63:17¶ O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart fro...Lamentations 3:11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.Hosea 2:6¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that...Isaiah 30:28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck,...
Lamentations 3:10
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he...Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day...Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the po...Hosea 13:7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe...Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah:...
Lamentations 3:11
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he...Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck,...Lamentations 1:13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he h...Micah 5:8¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peop...Daniel 7:23Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which sha...
Lamentations 3:12
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.Job 7:20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou...Psalms 7:12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary...Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my...
Cross References
Lamentations 3:1
Psalms 88:7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Sel...Job 19:21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath...Psalms 88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I a...Psalms 71:20Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and...Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Ha...
Lamentations 3:2
Job 30:26When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, the...Isaiah 59:9¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait f...Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day...Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shal...Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet...
Lamentations 3:3
Isaiah 5:25Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stret...Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy sha...Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the ga...Isaiah 63:10¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be th...Isaiah 1:25¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take a...
Lamentations 3:4
Isaiah 38:13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from da...Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejo...Jeremiah 50:17¶ Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of...Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.Psalms 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Lamentations 3:5
Lamentations 3:19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.Jeremiah 23:15Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will f...Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my path...Jeremiah 9:15Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed t...Psalms 69:21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to dri...
Lamentations 3:6
Lamentations 3:7
Job 3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my path...Psalms 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abominati...Jeremiah 40:4And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine han...Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Ha...
Lamentations 3:8
Job 30:20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me no...Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, a...Job 19:7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no jud...Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eli, Eli, lama sa...Habakkuk 1:2O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of...
Lamentations 3:9
Isaiah 63:17¶ O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart fro...Lamentations 3:11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.Hosea 2:6¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that...Isaiah 30:28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck,...
Lamentations 3:10
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he...Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day...Psalms 10:9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the po...Hosea 13:7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe...Hosea 5:14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah:...
Lamentations 3:11
Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he...Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck,...Lamentations 1:13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he h...Micah 5:8¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peop...Daniel 7:23Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which sha...
Lamentations 3:12
Psalms 38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.Job 7:20I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou...Psalms 7:12If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.Lamentations 2:4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary...Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my...