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Lamentations 3:18

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And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
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  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.

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Lamentations 3:18

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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.

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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.

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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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