Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Lam 3:1 |
I am the one who has seen the afflictions that come from the rod of the LORD's anger. |
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Lam 3:2 |
He has brought me into deep darkness, shutting out all light. |
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Lam 3:3 |
He has turned against me. Day and night his hand is heavy upon me. |
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Lam 3:4 |
He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones. |
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Lam 3:5 |
He has attacked me and surrounded me with anguish and distress. |
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Lam 3:6 |
He has buried me in a dark place, like a person long dead. |
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Lam 3:7 |
He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains. |
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Lam 3:8 |
And though I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayers. |
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Lam 3:9 |
He has blocked my path with a high stone wall. He has twisted the road before me with many detours. |
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Lam 3:10 |
He hid like a bear or a lion, waiting to attack me. |
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Lam 3:11 |
He dragged me off the path and tore me with his claws, leaving me helpless and desolate. |
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Lam 3:12 |
He bent his bow and aimed it squarely at me. |
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Lam 3:13 |
He shot his arrows deep into my heart. |
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Lam 3:14 |
My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs. |
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Lam 3:15 |
He has filled me with bitterness. He has given me a cup of deep sorrow to drink. |
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Lam 3:16 |
He has made me grind my teeth on gravel. He has rolled me in the dust. |
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Lam 3:17 |
Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is. |
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Lam 3:18 |
I cry out, "My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!" |
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Lam 3:19 |
The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words. [fn] |
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Lam 3:20 |
I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss. |
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Lam 3:21 |
Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: |
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Lam 3:22 |
The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. |
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Lam 3:23 |
Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. |
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Lam 3:24 |
I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" |
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Lam 3:25 |
The LORD is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him. |
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Lam 3:26 |
So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD. |
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Lam 3:27 |
And it is good for the young to submit to the yoke of his discipline. |
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Lam 3:28 |
Let them sit alone in silence beneath the LORD's demands. |
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Lam 3:29 |
Let them lie face down in the dust; then at last there is hope for them. |
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Lam 3:30 |
Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them. Let them accept the insults of their enemies. |
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Lam 3:31 |
For the Lord does not abandon anyone forever. |
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Lam 3:32 |
Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion according to the greatness of his unfailing love. |
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Lam 3:33 |
For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow. |
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Lam 3:34 |
But the leaders of his people trampled prisoners underfoot. |
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Lam 3:35 |
They deprived people of their God-given rights in defiance of the Most High. |
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Lam 3:36 |
They perverted justice in the courts. Do they think the Lord didn't see it? |
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Lam 3:37 |
Can anything happen without the Lord's permission? |
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Lam 3:38 |
Is it not the Most High who helps one and harms another? |
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Lam 3:39 |
Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins? |
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Lam 3:40 |
Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn again in repentance to the LORD. |
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Lam 3:41 |
Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say, |
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Lam 3:42 |
"We have sinned and rebelled, and you have not forgiven us. |
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Lam 3:43 |
"You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down, and slaughtered us without mercy. |
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Lam 3:44 |
You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you. |
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Lam 3:45 |
You have discarded us as refuse and garbage among the nations. |
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Lam 3:46 |
"All our enemies have spoken out against us. |
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Lam 3:47 |
We are filled with fear, for we are trapped, desolate, and ruined." |
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Lam 3:48 |
Streams of tears flow from my eyes because of the destruction of my people! |
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Lam 3:49 |
My tears flow down endlessly. They will not stop |
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Lam 3:50 |
until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. |
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Lam 3:51 |
My heart is breaking over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem. |
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Lam 3:52 |
My enemies, whom I have never harmed, chased me like a bird. |
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Lam 3:53 |
They threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me. |
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Lam 3:54 |
The water flowed above my head, and I cried out, "This is the end!" |
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Lam 3:55 |
But I called on your name, LORD, from deep within the well, |
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Lam 3:56 |
and you heard me! You listened to my pleading; you heard my weeping! |
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Lam 3:57 |
Yes, you came at my despairing cry and told me, "Do not fear." |
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Lam 3:58 |
Lord, you are my lawyer! Plead my case! For you have redeemed my life. |
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Lam 3:59 |
You have seen the wrong they have done to me, LORD. Be my judge, and prove me right. |
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Lam 3:60 |
You have seen the plots my enemies have laid against me. |
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Lam 3:61 |
LORD, you have heard the vile names they call me. You know all about the plans they have made-- |
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Lam 3:62 |
the plots my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long. |
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Lam 3:63 |
Look at them! In all their activities, they constantly mock me with their songs. |
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Lam 3:64 |
Pay them back, LORD, for all the evil they have done. |
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Lam 3:65 |
Give them hard and stubborn hearts, and then let your curse fall upon them! |
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Lam 3:66 |
Chase them down in your anger, destroying them from beneath the LORD's heavens. |
NLT Footnotes:
- (3:19) Hebrew is wormwood and gall.
