Thematic Bible




Lamentations 3:1 (show verse)

I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.

Lamentations 3:2 (show verse)

He has driven me away and forced me to walk
in darkness instead of light.

Lamentations 3:3 (show verse)

Yes, He repeatedly turns His hand
against me all day long.

Lamentations 3:4 (show verse)

ב BetHe has worn away my flesh and skin;
He has shattered my bones.

Lamentations 3:5 (show verse)

He has laid siege against me,
encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

Lamentations 3:6 (show verse)

He has made me dwell in darkness
like those who have been dead for ages.

Lamentations 3:7 (show verse)

ג GimelHe has walled me in so I cannot escape;
He has weighed me down with chains.

Lamentations 3:8 (show verse)

Even when I cry out and plead for help,
He rejects my prayer.

Lamentations 3:9 (show verse)

He has walled in my ways with cut stones;
He has made my paths crooked.

Lamentations 3:10 (show verse)

ד DaletHe is a bear waiting in ambush,
a lion in hiding.

Lamentations 3:11 (show verse)

He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces;
He left me desolate.

Lamentations 3:12 (show verse)

He strung His bow
and set me as the target for His arrow.

Lamentations 3:13 (show verse)

ה HeHe pierced my kidneys
with His arrows.

Lamentations 3:14 (show verse)

I am a laughingstock to all my people,
mocked by their songs all day long.

Lamentations 3:15 (show verse)

He filled me with bitterness,
satiated me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:16 (show verse)

ו VavHe ground my teeth on gravel
and made me cower in the dust.

Lamentations 3:17 (show verse)

My soul has been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness is.

Lamentations 3:18 (show verse)

Then I thought: My future is lost,
as well as my hope from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:19 (show verse)

ז ZayinRemember my affliction and my homelessness,
the wormwood and the poison.

Lamentations 3:20 (show verse)

I continually remember them
and have become depressed.

Lamentations 3:21 (show verse)

Yet I call this to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:22 (show verse)

ח KhetBecause of the Lord’s faithful love
we do not perish,
for His mercies never end.

Lamentations 3:23 (show verse)

They are new every morning;
great is Your faithfulness!

Lamentations 3:24 (show verse)

I say: The Lord is my portion,
therefore I will put my hope in Him.

Lamentations 3:25 (show verse)

ט TetThe Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
to the person who seeks Him.

Lamentations 3:26 (show verse)

It is good to wait quietly
for deliverance from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:27 (show verse)

It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is still young.

Lamentations 3:28 (show verse)

י YodLet him sit alone and be silent,
for God has disciplined him.

Lamentations 3:29 (show verse)

Let him put his mouth in the dust
perhaps there is still hope.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:30 (show verse)

Let him offer his cheek
to the one who would strike him;
let him be filled with shame.

Lamentations 3:31 (show verse)

כ KafFor the Lord
will not reject us forever.

Lamentations 3:32 (show verse)

Even if He causes suffering,
He will show compassion
according to His abundant, faithful love.

Lamentations 3:33 (show verse)

For He does not enjoy bringing affliction
or suffering on mankind.

Lamentations 3:34 (show verse)

ל LamedCrushing all the prisoners of the land
beneath one’s feet,

Lamentations 3:35 (show verse)

denying justice to a man
in the presence of the Most High,

Lamentations 3:36 (show verse)

or suppressing a person’s lawsuit
the Lord does not approve of these things.

Lamentations 3:37 (show verse)

מ MemWho is there who speaks and it happens,
unless the Lord has ordained it?

Lamentations 3:38 (show verse)

Do not both adversity and good
come from the mouth of the Most High?

Lamentations 3:39 (show verse)

Why should any living person complain,
any man, because of the punishment for his sins?

Lamentations 3:40 (show verse)

נ NunLet us search out and examine our ways,
and turn back to the Lord.

Lamentations 3:41 (show verse)

Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven:

Lamentations 3:42 (show verse)

We have sinned and rebelled;
You have not forgiven.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:43 (show verse)

ס SamekYou have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us;
You have killed without compassion.

Lamentations 3:44 (show verse)

You have covered Yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:45 (show verse)

You have made us disgusting filth
among the peoples.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:46 (show verse)

פ PeAll our enemies
open their mouths against us.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:47 (show verse)

We have experienced panic and pitfall,
devastation and destruction.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:48 (show verse)

My eyes flow with streams of tears
because of the destruction of my dear people.

Lamentations 3:49 (show verse)

ע AyinMy eyes overflow unceasingly,
without end,

Lamentations 3:50 (show verse)

until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.

Lamentations 3:51 (show verse)

My eyes bring me grief
because of the fate of all the women in my city.

Lamentations 3:52 (show verse)

צ TsadeFor no apparent reason, my enemies
hunted me like a bird.

Lamentations 3:53 (show verse)

They dropped me alive into a pit
and threw stones at me.

Lamentations 3:54 (show verse)

Water flooded over my head,
and I thought: I’m going to die!

Lamentations 3:55 (show verse)

ק QofI called on Your name, Yahweh,
from the depths of the Pit.

Lamentations 3:56 (show verse)

You hear my plea:
Do not ignore my cry for relief.

Lamentations 3:57 (show verse)

You come near when I call on You;
You say: “Do not be afraid.”
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:58 (show verse)

ר ReshYou defend my cause, Lord;
You redeem my life.

Lamentations 3:59 (show verse)

Lord, You see the wrong done to me;
judge my case.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:60 (show verse)

You see all their malice,
all their plots against me.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:61 (show verse)

שׂ Sin/ שׁ ShinLord, You hear their insults,
all their plots against me.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:62 (show verse)

The slander and murmuring of my opponents
attack me all day long.
No Themes for this verse.

Lamentations 3:63 (show verse)

When they sit and when they rise, look,
I am mocked by their songs.

Lamentations 3:64 (show verse)

ת TavYou will pay them back what they deserve, Lord,
according to the work of their hands.

Lamentations 3:65 (show verse)

You will give them a heart filled with anguish.
May Your curse be on them!

Lamentations 3:66 (show verse)

You will pursue them in anger and destroy them
under Your heavens.