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Passage Lookup: Lamentations 3:19-66
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47 verses • Page 1 of 3
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
Lamentations 3:19
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
Lamentations 3:20
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Lamentations 3:21
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
Lamentations 3:22
- Variant Count: 3 (17%)
Because of the Lord 's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:23
- Variant Count: 1 (10%)
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
Lamentations 3:24
- Variant Count: 3 (18%)
I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
Lamentations 3:25
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:26
- Variant Count: None (0%)
it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
Lamentations 3:27
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.
Lamentations 3:28
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Let him sit alone in silence, for the Lord has laid it on him.
Let him bury his face in the dust- there may yet be hope.
Lamentations 3:29
- Variant Count: 2 (14%)
Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.
Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.
Lamentations 3:30
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.
For men are not cast off by the Lord forever.
Lamentations 3:31
- Variant Count: 4 (36%)
For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.
Lamentations 3:32
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.
For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men.
Lamentations 3:33
- Variant Count: 2 (16%)
For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.
To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,
Lamentations 3:34
- Variant Count: 1 (11%)
To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,
to deny a man his rights before the Most High,
Lamentations 3:35
- Variant Count: 3 (30%)
to deny people their rights before the Most High,
to deprive a man of justice- would not the Lord see such things?
Lamentations 3:36
- Variant Count: 3 (23%)
to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things?
Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?
Lamentations 3:37
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
Lamentations 3:38
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins?
Lamentations 3:39
- Variant Count: 3 (27%)
Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.
Lamentations 3:40
- Variant Count: None (0%)
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:
Lamentations 3:41
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:
"We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.
Lamentations 3:42
- Variant Count: 2 (18%)
"We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.
"You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
Lamentations 3:43
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
"You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
Lamentations 3:44
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
Lamentations 3:45
- Variant Count: 1 (9%)
You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
"All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
Lamentations 3:46
- Variant Count: 2 (18%)
"All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction."
Lamentations 3:47
- Variant Count: 2 (20%)
We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction."
Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.
Lamentations 3:48
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.
My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,
Lamentations 3:49
- Variant Count: 1 (12%)
My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,
until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
Lamentations 3:50
- Variant Count: 1 (10%)
until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees.
What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.
Lamentations 3:51
- Variant Count: 1 (5%)
What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.
Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.
Lamentations 3:52
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.
They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;
Lamentations 3:53
- Variant Count: 1 (6%)
They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;
the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to be cut off.
Lamentations 3:54
- Variant Count: 2 (13%)
the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.
I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit.
Lamentations 3:55
- Variant Count: None (0%)
I called on your name, Lord, from the depths of the pit.
You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief."
Lamentations 3:56
- Variant Count: 3 (20%)
You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief."
You came near when I called you, and you said, "Do not fear."
Lamentations 3:57
- Variant Count: 3 (21%)
You came near when I called you, and you said, "Do not fear."
O Lord, you took up my case; you redeemed my life.
Lamentations 3:58
- Variant Count: 1 (9%)
You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!
Lamentations 3:59
- Variant Count: None (0%)
Lord, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!
You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.
Lamentations 3:60
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.
O LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me-
Lamentations 3:61
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Lord, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.
Lamentations 3:62
- Variant Count: 1 (8%)
what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.
Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.
Lamentations 3:63
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.
Pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, for what their hands have done.
Lamentations 3:64
- Variant Count: None (0%)
Pay them back what they deserve, Lord, for what their hands have done.
Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!
Lamentations 3:65
- Variant Count: 1 (7%)
Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!
Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:66
- Variant Count: None (0%)
Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord.
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