Lamentations 3:1-19

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Lamentations 3:1-19

1I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath.
2He has driven me away and made me walk
in darkness instead of light.
3Indeed, He keeps turning His hand
against me all day long.
4He has worn away my flesh and skin;
He has shattered my bones.
5He has besieged me and surrounded me
with bitterness and hardship.
6He has made me dwell in darkness
like those dead for ages.
7He has walled me in so I cannot escape;
He has weighed me down with chains.
8Even when I cry out and plead for help,
He shuts out my prayer.
9He has barred my ways with cut stones;
He has made my paths crooked.
10He is a bear lying in wait,
a lion hiding in ambush.
11He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces;
He left me without help.
12He bent His bow
and set me as the target for His arrow.
13He pierced my kidneys
with His arrows.
14I am a laughingstock to all my people;
they mock me in song all day long.
15He has filled me with bitterness;
He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
16He has ground my teeth with gravel
and trampled me in the dust.
17My soul has been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18So I say, “My strength has perished,
along with my hope from the LORD.”
19Remember my affliction and wandering,
the wormwood and the gall.
— Lamentations 3:1-19

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