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Lamentations 3:18–21

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And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
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From verse 18

  1. Job 17:15Rank 1 from verse 18
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    15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

  2. 1 Samuel 27:1Rank 2 from verse 18
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    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.

  3. Ezekiel 37:11Rank 3 from verse 18
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    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.

  4. Job 6:11Rank 4 from verse 18
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    11What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

  5. Psalms 116:11Rank 5 from verse 18
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    11I said in my haste, All men are liars.

From verse 19

  1. Lamentations 3:15Rank 1 from verse 19
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    15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

  2. Lamentations 3:5Rank 2 from verse 19
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    5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

  3. Jeremiah 9:15Rank 3 from verse 19
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    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.

  4. Job 7:7Rank 4 from verse 19
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    7O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

  5. Nehemiah 9:32Rank 5 from verse 19
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    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.

From verse 20

  1. Psalms 42:11Rank 1 from verse 20
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    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.

  2. Psalms 42:5–6Rank 2 from verse 20
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    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.

  3. Job 21:6Rank 3 from verse 20
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    6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

  4. Psalms 43:5Rank 4 from verse 20
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    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. Psalms 146:8Rank 5 from verse 20
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    8The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

From verse 21

  1. Habakkuk 2:3Rank 1 from verse 21
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    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.

  2. Psalms 130:7Rank 2 from verse 21
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    7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

  3. Psalms 77:7–11Rank 3 from verse 21
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    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.

  4. Lamentations 3:24–29Rank 4 from verse 21
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    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.

  5. Psalms 119:81Rank 5 from verse 21
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    81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

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Lamentations 3:18

COMBINED MEANING

strength

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hope

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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.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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Lamentations 3:19

COMBINED MEANING

remembering

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wormwood

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1. A bitter substance or plant. 2. Figuratively, bitterness, poison, corrupt judgment, or calamity.

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gall

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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

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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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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COMBINED MEANING

still

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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remembrance

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rememberance

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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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DEFINED WORDS

Lamentations 3:21

COMBINED MEANING

mind

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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

COMBINED MEANING

hope

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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.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

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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