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Lamentations 3 Brenton's English Septuagint

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Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Aleph. I am the man that sees poverty, through the rod of his wrath upon me.
1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, and not [into] light.
2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3 Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day.
3 Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.
4 He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
4 He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.
5 Beth. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail [upon me].
5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
6 He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
7 He has builded against me, and I cannot come forth: he has made my brazen [chain] heavy.
7 He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
8 Gimel. Yea, [though] I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.
8 Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 Daleth. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths;
9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
10 he has troubled me, [as] a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me [as] a lion in secret places.
10 He is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
11 He pursued [me] after I departed, and brought me to a stand: he has utterly ruined me.
11 He has turned away my path, and pulled me in pieces. He has made me desolate.
12 He. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
12 He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
13 He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
14 I became a laughing-stock to all my people; and their song all the day.
14 I have become a derision to all my people, and their song all day long.
15 Vau. He has filled me with bitterness, he has drenched me with gall.
15 He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
16 And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes.
16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel. He has covered me with ashes.
17 He has also removed my soul from peace: I forgot prosperity.
17 You have removed my soul far away from peace. I forgot prosperity.
18 Therefore my success has perished, and my hope from the Lord.
18 I said, “My strength has perished, along with my expectation from Yahweh.”
19 Zain. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered;
19 Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
20 and my soul shall meditate with me.
20 My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
21 This will I lay up in my heart, therefore will I endure.
21 This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. 22 It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. 23 They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. 24 “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
21a Heth. [It is] the mercies of the Lord, that he has not failed me, because his compassions are not exhausted. Pity [us], O Lord, early [every] month: for we are not brought to an end, because his compassions are not exhausted.
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21b [They are] new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
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21c The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I wait for him.
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25 Teth. The Lord is good to them that wait for him: the soul which shall seek him
25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
26 [is] good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation of the Lord.
26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
27 Teth. [It is] good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28 He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne [it] upon him.
28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he has laid it on him. 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if it is so that there may be hope.
30 Jod. He will give [his] cheek to him that smites him: he will be filled full with reproaches.
30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
31 For the Lord will not reject for ever.
31 For the Lord will not cast off forever.
32 Chaph. For he that has brought down will pity, and [that] according to the abundance of his mercy.
32 For though he causes grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
33 He has not answered [in anger] from his heart, though he has brought low the children of a man.
33 For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
34 Lamed. To bring down under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 to turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the Most High,
35 to turn away the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36 to condemn a man [unjustly] in his judgment, the Lord has not given commandment.
36 to subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.
37 Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it.
37 Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?
38 Out of the mouth of the Most High there shall not come forth evil and good.
38 Doesn’t evil and good come out of the mouth of the Most High?
39 Mem. Why should a living man complain, a man concerning his sin?
39 Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Nun. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord.
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
41 Let us lift up our hearts with [our] hands to the lofty One in heaven.
41 Let’s lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42 We have sinned, we have transgressed; and thou hast not pardoned.
42 “We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
43 Samech. Thou hast visited [us] in wrath, and driven us away: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
43 “You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
44 Thou hast veiled thyself with a cloud because of prayer, that I might be blind,
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
45 and be cast off. Ain. Thou hast set us [alone] in the midst of the nations.
45 You have made us an off-scouring and refuse in the middle of the peoples.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
46 “All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
47 Fear and wrath are come upon us, suspense and destruction.
47 Terror and the pit have come on us, devastation and destruction.”
48 Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
48 My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Phe. Mine eye is drowned [with tears], and I will not be silent, so that there shall be no rest,
49 My eye pours down and doesn’t cease, without any intermission,
50 until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
50 until Yahweh looks down, and sees from heaven.
51 Mine eye shall prey upon my soul, because of all the daughters of the city.
51 My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Tsade. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause,
52 They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.
53 and laid a stone upon me.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
54 Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off.
54 Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”
55 Koph. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon.
55 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
56 Thou heardest my voice: close not thine ears to my supplication.
56 You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
57 Thou drewest nigh to my help: in the day wherein I called upon thee thou saidst to me, Fear not.
57 You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”
58 Rechs. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
58 Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul. You have redeemed my life.
59 Thou hast seen, O Lord, my troubles: thou hast judged my cause.
59 Yahweh, you have seen my wrong. Judge my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, [thou hast looked] on all their devices against me.
60 You have seen all their vengeance and all their plans against me.
61 Chsen. Thou hast heard their reproach [and] all their devices against me;
61 You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,
62 the lips of them that rose up against me, and their plots against me all the day;
62 the lips of those that rose up against me, and their plots against me all day long.
63 their sitting down and their rising up: look thou upon their eyes.
63 You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.
64 Thou wilt render them a recompence, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
64 You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
65 Thau. Thou wilt give them [as] a covering, the grief of my heart.
65 You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
66 Thou wilt persecute them in anger, and wilt consume them from under the heaven, O Lord.
66 You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.
Cross references (64)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 88:7; Job 19:21; Psalm 88:15–16; Isaiah 53:3; Psalm 71:20
  2. 2 Job 30:26; Isaiah 59:9; Amos 5:18–20; Jeremiah 4:23; Jude 13
  3. 3 Isaiah 63:10; Lamentations 2:4–7; Deuteronomy 29:20; Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 5:25
  4. 4 Psalm 51:8; Isaiah 38:13; Psalm 38:2–8; Jeremiah 50:17; Psalm 31:9–10
  5. 5 Lamentations 3:19; Jeremiah 23:15; Job 19:8; Lamentations 3:7–9; Jeremiah 8:14
  6. 6 Psalm 88:5–6; Psalm 143:3; Psalm 143:7
  7. 7 Job 19:8; Job 3:23; Jeremiah 38:6; Psalm 88:8; Jeremiah 40:4
  8. 8 Job 30:20; Psalm 22:2; Job 19:7; Matthew 27:46; Lamentations 3:44
  9. 9 Isaiah 63:17; Hosea 2:6; Isaiah 30:28; Lamentations 3:11
  10. 10 Hosea 6:1; Psalm 10:9; Amos 5:18–20; Job 10:16; Hosea 5:14
  11. 11 Hosea 6:1; Job 16:12–13; Lamentations 1:13; Daniel 7:23; Jeremiah 19:8
  12. 12 Psalm 38:2; Job 7:20; Lamentations 2:4; Job 6:4; Psalm 7:12–13
  13. 13 Job 6:4; Deuteronomy 32:23; Job 41:28
  14. 14 Jeremiah 20:7; Lamentations 3:63; Psalm 22:6–7; Nehemiah 4:2–4; Psalm 123:3–4
  15. 15 Jeremiah 9:15; Lamentations 3:19; Ruth 1:20; Jeremiah 25:15–18; Isaiah 51:17–22
  16. 16 Proverbs 20:17; Jeremiah 6:26; Psalm 3:7; Psalm 58:6; Luke 11:11
  17. 17 Isaiah 59:11; Genesis 41:30; Lamentations 1:16; Isaiah 38:17; Jeremiah 8:15
  18. 18 Job 17:15; 1 Samuel 27:1; Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 116:11
  19. 19 Lamentations 3:15; Lamentations 3:5; Job 7:7; Psalm 89:50; Psalm 132:1
  20. 20 Psalm 42:5–6; Psalm 42:11; Job 21:6; Psalm 43:5; Psalm 146:8
  21. 21 Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 77:7–11; Lamentations 3:24–29; Psalm 119:81
  22. 25 Micah 7:7–8; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 130:5–6; Lamentations 3:26; Psalm 37:34
  23. 26 Psalm 37:7; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 130:5; Genesis 49:18; Hebrews 10:35
  24. 27 Ecclesiastes 12:1; Matthew 11:29–30; Psalm 119:71; Psalm 94:12; Psalm 90:12
  25. 28 Jeremiah 15:17; Lamentations 2:10; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 102:7
  26. 30 Isaiah 50:6; Job 16:10; Matthew 5:39; Matthew 26:67; 2 Corinthians 11:20
  27. 31 Psalm 94:14; Psalm 103:8–10; Psalm 77:7; Isaiah 54:7–10; Isaiah 57:16
  28. 32 Psalm 78:38; Psalm 30:5; Psalm 103:11; Hosea 11:8; Judges 10:16
  29. 33 Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 18:32; Hebrews 12:9–10; Isaiah 28:21
  30. 34 Zechariah 9:11–12; Isaiah 51:22–23; Psalm 102:20; Jeremiah 51:33–36; Psalm 69:33
  31. 36 Isaiah 59:15; Habakkuk 1:13; Jeremiah 22:3; 2 Samuel 11:27
  32. 37 Psalm 33:9–11; Proverbs 16:9; Isaiah 46:10; Proverbs 19:21; Proverbs 21:30
  33. 38 Isaiah 45:7; Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 32:42; Job 2:10; Psalm 75:7
  34. 39 Proverbs 19:3; Micah 7:9; Jeremiah 30:15; Genesis 4:5–7; 2 Kings 3:13
  35. 40 2 Corinthians 13:5; Psalm 139:23–24; Joel 2:12–13; Psalm 4:4; Isaiah 55:7
  36. 41 Psalm 25:1; Psalm 28:2; Psalm 86:4; Psalm 143:6–8; 1 Thessalonians 2:8
  37. 42 Nehemiah 9:26; Jeremiah 5:7–9; Luke 15:18–19; Zechariah 1:5; 2 Kings 24:4
  38. 43 Lamentations 2:21; Lamentations 2:17; Lamentations 2:1–2; Lamentations 3:66; Psalm 83:15
  39. 44 Lamentations 3:8; Zechariah 7:13; Psalm 97:2; Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 14:11
  40. 45 1 Corinthians 4:13; Lamentations 4:14–15; Deuteronomy 28:44; Deuteronomy 28:37; Lamentations 3:14
  41. 46 Lamentations 2:16; Psalm 22:6–8; Psalm 79:10; Exodus 11:7; Psalm 44:13–14
  42. 47 Isaiah 24:17–18; Isaiah 51:19; Jeremiah 48:43–44; Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 1:13
  43. 48 Jeremiah 9:18; Lamentations 2:11; Jeremiah 9:1; Psalm 119:136; Lamentations 1:16
  44. 49 Jeremiah 14:17; Psalm 77:2; Lamentations 1:16
  45. 50 Isaiah 63:15; Psalm 80:14–16; Lamentations 5:1; Psalm 102:19–20; Lamentations 2:20
  46. 51 Jeremiah 19:9; Luke 19:41–44; 1 Samuel 30:3–4; Lamentations 2:21; Jeremiah 14:16
  47. 52 Psalm 35:19; Psalm 35:7; Jeremiah 38:4–6; Psalm 69:4; John 15:25
  48. 53 Jeremiah 38:6; Daniel 6:17; Jeremiah 38:9; Jeremiah 37:16; Matthew 27:66
  49. 54 Jonah 2:3–5; Ezekiel 37:11; Psalm 18:4; Psalm 69:1–2; 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
  50. 55 Acts 16:24–28; Psalm 40:1–2; 2 Chronicles 33:11–12; Psalm 130:1–2; Jonah 2:2–4
  51. 56 Job 34:28; Isaiah 38:5; Psalm 55:1; Psalm 6:8–9; Psalm 34:6
  52. 57 James 4:8; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 41:14; Revelation 2:10
  53. 58 Psalms 34:22–35:1; Jeremiah 51:36; Psalm 103:4; Jeremiah 50:34; Psalm 71:23
  54. 59 Psalm 43:1; Psalm 9:4; Genesis 31:42; Psalm 26:1; 1 Peter 2:23
  55. 60 Jeremiah 11:19–20; Lamentations 3:59; Psalm 10:14
  56. 61 Lamentations 5:1; Psalm 89:50; Zephaniah 2:8; Psalm 74:18; Lamentations 3:30
  57. 62 Ezekiel 36:3; Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:12; Psalm 140:3; Jeremiah 18:18
  58. 63 Psalm 139:2; Lamentations 3:14; Job 30:9
  59. 64 Psalm 28:4; Jeremiah 11:20; Revelation 6:10; 2 Timothy 4:14; Jeremiah 50:29
  60. 65 Isaiah 6:10; Deuteronomy 2:30; 1 Corinthians 16:22; Psalm 109:17–18; Deuteronomy 27:15–26
  61. 66 Psalm 8:3; Psalm 115:16; Lamentations 3:43; Deuteronomy 25:19; Jeremiah 10:11
  62. 21a Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 77:7–11; Lamentations 3:24–29; Psalm 119:81
  63. 21b Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 77:7–11; Lamentations 3:24–29; Psalm 119:81
  64. 21c Habakkuk 2:3; Psalm 130:7; Psalm 77:7–11; Lamentations 3:24–29; Psalm 119:81

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  1. Quotes verse 3:53 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)

    Again another Prophet says, They cut off My life in a dungeon, and cast a stone upon Me.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  2. Quotes verse 3:34 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Second Theological Oration)

    To us who are (as Jeremiah saith), "prisoners of the earth," and covered with the denseness of carnal nature, this at all events is known, that as it is impossible for a man to step over his own shadow, however fast he may move (for the shadow will always move on as fast as it is being overtaken) or, as …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)