Lamentations

Lamentations 3:1–3

1Ia 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.

Footnotes

  • a 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, each 3–verse stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

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Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Lamentations 3:1

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Iאֲנִ֤י’ă·nîPronoun - first person common singularH589 I
am the manהַגֶּ֙בֶר֙hag·ge·ḇerArticle; Noun - masculine singularH1397 man
who has seenרָאָ֣הrā·’āhVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH7200 see
afflictionעֳנִ֔י‘o·nîNoun - masculine singularH6040 affliction, poverty
under the rodבְּשֵׁ֖בֶטbə·šê·ḇeṭPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
ofעֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃‘eḇ·rā·ṯōwNoun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH5678 overflow, arrogance, fury

Lamentations 3:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
He has driven me awayנָהַ֛גnā·haḡVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH5090 drive, conduct
and made me walkוַיֹּלַ֖ךְway·yō·laḵConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH1980 go, come, walk
in darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְḥō·šeḵNoun - masculine singularH2822 darkness, obscurity
instead ofוְלֹא־wə·lō-Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
lightאֽוֹר׃’ō·wrNoun - common singularH216 light

Lamentations 3:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Indeedאַ֣ךְ’aḵAdverbH389 surely
He keeps turningיָשֻׁ֛בyā·šuḇVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH7725 turn back, return
His handיָד֖וֹyā·ḏōwNoun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH3027 hand
against meבִּ֥יbîPreposition; first person common singular
all day longכָּל־kāl-Noun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 3:1 Psalm 88:7 · Psalm 88:15–16 · Job 19:21

Lamentations 3:2 Job 30:26 · Isaiah 59:9 · Amos 5:18–20

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.