Lamentations 3:18–21
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
‖Remembring mine affliction and my miserie, the wormewood & the gall.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, remember.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
†My soule hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. bowed
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
†This I recall to my mind, therefore haue I hope.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. make to returne to my heart.
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From verse 18
- 1 Samuel 27:1Rank 2 from verse 18
1AND David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
1¶ And Dauid sayd in his heart, I shall now †perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me, then that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shal despaire of me, to seeke me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- Ezekiel 37:11Rank 3 from verse 18
11¶ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
11¶ Then he said vnto me, Sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say; Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost, wee are cut off for our parts.
- Psalms 116:11Rank 5 from verse 18
- Psalms 31:22Rank 6 from verse 18
From verse 19
- Lamentations 3:15Rank 1 from verse 19
- Lamentations 3:5Rank 2 from verse 19
- Jeremiah 9:15Rank 3 from verse 19
15Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
15*Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, euen this people with wormewood, and giue them water of gall to drinke.
- Nehemiah 9:32Rank 5 from verse 19
32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
32Now therefore, our God, the great, the *mightie, and the terrible God, who keepest couenant and mercie: let not all the †trouble seeme little before thee, †that hath come vpon vs, on our Kings, on our Princes, & on our Priests, and on our Prophets, & on our fathers, & on al thy people, since the time of the Kings of Assyria, vnto this day.
- Psalms 132:1Rank 6 from verse 19
- Psalms 89:47Rank 7 from verse 19
- Psalms 89:50Rank 8 from verse 19
From verse 20
- Psalms 42:11Rank 1 from verse 20
11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
11Why art thou cast downe, O my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 42:5–6Rank 2 from verse 20
5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
5†‖‖Why art thou cast downe, O my soule, and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him for the helpe of his countenance.
6‖O my God, my soule is cast downe within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Iordane, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Missar.
- Psalms 43:5Rank 4 from verse 20
5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
5*Why art thou cast downe, O my soule? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 146:8Rank 5 from verse 20
- Psalms 44:25Rank 6 from verse 20
From verse 21
- Habakkuk 2:3Rank 1 from verse 21
3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
3*For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tary, wait for it, because it will surely come, it wil not tary.
- Psalms 130:7Rank 2 from verse 21
- Psalms 77:7–11Rank 3 from verse 21
7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
11I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
7Will the LORD cast off for euer? and will hee be fauourable no more?
8†Is his mercy cleane gone for euer? doth his promise faile for euermore?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut vp his tender mercies? Selah.
10And I sayd, This is my infirmitie: but I will remember the yeeres of the right hand of the most high.
11I will remember the workes of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
- Lamentations 3:24–29Rank 4 from verse 21
24The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
24*The LORD is my portion, sayth my soule, therefore will I hope in him.
25The LORD is good vnto them that waite for him, to the soule that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the saluation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.
28Hee sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because hee hath borne it vpon him.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
- Psalms 119:81Rank 5 from verse 21
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Lamentations 3:18
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.
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1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Lamentations 3:19
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remembering
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of remember. Sense 1: To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. Sense 2: To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. Sense 3: To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.
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Great distress, affliction, suffering, or wretchedness.
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1. A bitter substance or plant. 2. Figuratively, bitterness, poison, corrupt judgment, or calamity.
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Sense 1: A bodily organ or its bitter fluid. Sense 2: A bitter or poisonous substance. Sense 3: By figure, extreme bitterness, misery, corruption, iniquity, or bitter judgment.
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Lamentations 3:20
Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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Sense 1: Continuing without interruption, or remaining as before. Sense 2: Quiet, silent, or without motion. Sense 3: Even yet or nevertheless. Sense 4: To make quiet or cause to cease.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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remembrance
1. The act or state of remembering; recollection or mindful regard; the continued memory or notice of someone or something. 2. Something that brings or keeps someone or something to mind; a memorial or reminder.
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Brought low, subdued, abased, or dishonoured; made lowly or submissive.
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rememberance
1. The act or state of remembering; recollection or mindful regard; the continued memory or notice of someone or something. 2. Something that brings or keeps someone or something to mind; a memorial or reminder.
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Lamentations 3:21
To bring back to mind; to remember.
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Sense 1: The inward faculty and activity of understanding, thought, memory, attention, judgment, intention, purpose, desire, disposition, resolve, or consent; what one thinks, wills, regards, or sets attention upon. Sense 2: To mind is to attend to, regard, remember, purpose, or be disposed toward something.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. Expectation, trust, reliance, or the good expected. 2. The person or ground on which expectation rests. 3. To expect, look for, trust, or rely upon.
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17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
17†And thou hast remoued my soule farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Selected passage19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
19‖Remembring mine affliction and my miserie, the wormewood & the gall.
Selected passage20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
20†My soule hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Selected passage21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
21†This I recall to my mind, therefore haue I hope.
Selected passage22¶ It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
22¶ It is of the LORDs mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.