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Lamentations 3:20–21
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Lamentations 3:20
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
20†My soule hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
- Heb. bowed
Lamentations 3:21
21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
21†This I recall to my mind, therefore haue I hope.
- Heb. make to returne to my heart.
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DEFINED WORDS
Lamentations 3:20
To stop, as motion or agitation; to check’ or restrain; to make quiet.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
remembrance
The act or state of remembering; a memory, memorial, or reminder.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Made low or abased; brought into meekness, submission, or penitence; the past form of humble.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Lamentations 3:21
To call back, summon back, or revive in memory.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The thought, disposition, intention, or will expressed in the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Confident expectation or desire for good; as a verb, to expect with trust.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study11Why 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.
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Open the full verse study5Why 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.
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Open the full verse study6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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Open the full verse study5Why 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.
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Open the full verse study8The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:
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Open the full verse study25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study3For 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.
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Open the full verse study7Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
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Open the full verse study7Will 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.
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Open the full verse study24The 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.
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Open the full verse study81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
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