Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Lamentations
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:19 JFB -> Commentary on 3:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Commentary on 3:19 TSK -> Entry for 3:19 WEN -> Notes on 3:19 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Despondency; Wormwood TTT -> Afflictions Made Beneficial; Judgments EBD -> Gall; Hemlock SBD -> Gall; Wormwood 3:19 - [In Context] The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words. F13
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:20 JFB -> Commentary on 3:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:20 TSK -> Commentary on 3:20 TSK -> Entry for 3:20 WEN -> Notes on 3:20 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Despondency TTT -> Afflictions Made Beneficial; Humility; Judgments 3:20 - [In Context] I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:21 JFB -> Commentary on 3:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:21 TSK -> Commentary on 3:21 TSK -> Entry for 3:21 WEN -> Notes on 3:21 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Despondency; Hope SPG -> Devotional using 3:21 3:21 - [In Context] Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:22 JFB -> Commentary on 3:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:22 TSK -> Commentary on 3:22 TSK -> Entry for 3:22 WEN -> Notes on 3:22 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; God (continued) TTT -> Mercy of God, The TV -> Devotional using 3:22 TV -> Devotional using 3:22 TV -> Devotional using 3:22 3:22 - [In Context] The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:23 JFB -> Commentary on 3:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:23 TSK -> Commentary on 3:23 TSK -> Entry for 3:23 WEN -> Notes on 3:23 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; God; God (continued) TTT -> Faithfulness of God, The; Mercy of God, The TV -> Devotional using 3:23 TV -> Devotional using 3:23 TV -> Devotional using 3:23 3:23 - [In Context] Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:24 JFB -> Commentary on 3:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:24 TSK -> Commentary on 3:24 TSK -> Entry for 3:24 WEN -> Notes on 3:24 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; God; Hope TTT -> Privileges of Saints SPG -> Devotional using 3:24 3:24 - [In Context] I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!"
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:25 JFB -> Commentary on 3:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:25 TSK -> Commentary on 3:25 TSK -> Entry for 3:25 WEN -> Notes on 3:25 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Desire; Faith; God; Prayer; Seekers; Waiting TTT -> Goodness of God, The; Seeking God; Waiting Upon God TV -> Devotional using 3:25 TV -> Devotional using 3:25 TV -> Devotional using 3:25 3:25 - [In Context] The LORD is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:26 JFB -> Commentary on 3:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:26 TSK -> Commentary on 3:26 TSK -> Entry for 3:26 WEN -> Notes on 3:26 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Desire; Faith; Hope; Patience; Seekers; Waiting TTT -> Patience; Salvation; Waiting Upon God 3:26 - [In Context] So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:27 JFB -> Commentary on 3:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:27 TSK -> Commentary on 3:27 TSK -> Entry for 3:27 WEN -> Notes on 3:27 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Children; Faith; Patience; Yoke TTT -> Patience EBD -> Yoke 3:27 - [In Context] And it is good for the young to submit to the yoke of his discipline.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:28 JFB -> Commentary on 3:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:28 TSK -> Commentary on 3:28 TSK -> Entry for 3:28 WEN -> Notes on 3:28 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; Meekness 3:28 - [In Context] Let them sit alone in silence beneath the LORD's demands.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:29 JFB -> Commentary on 3:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:29 TSK -> Commentary on 3:29 TSK -> Entry for 3:29 WEN -> Notes on 3:29 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; Meekness 3:29 - [In Context] Let them lie face down in the dust; then at last there is hope for them.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:30 JFB -> Commentary on 3:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:30 TSK -> Commentary on 3:30 TSK -> Entry for 3:30 WEN -> Notes on 3:30 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Assault And Battery; Faith; Meekness EBD -> Cheek 3:30 - [In Context] Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them. Let them accept the insults of their enemies.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:31 JFB -> Commentary on 3:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:31 TSK -> Commentary on 3:31 TSK -> Entry for 3:31 WEN -> Notes on 3:31 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; God (continued) 3:31 - [In Context] For the Lord does not abandon anyone forever.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:32 JFB -> Commentary on 3:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:32 TSK -> Commentary on 3:32 TSK -> Entry for 3:32 WEN -> Notes on 3:32 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Faith; God (continued) TTT -> Afflictions; Mercy of God, The 3:32 - [In Context] Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion according to the greatness of his unfailing love.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 3:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:33 JFB -> Commentary on 3:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:33 TSK -> Commentary on 3:33 TSK -> Entry for 3:33 WEN -> Notes on 3:33 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; God (continued) TTT -> Afflictions EBD -> Afflictions 3:33 - [In Context] For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow.
FOOTNOTES: F13: Hebrew is wormwood and gall.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.