Lamentations 3:40
Our way has been searched out and examined, 1 And we will turn to the Lord. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
In Context
39Why should a living man complain, 1 A man concerning his sin? 1
41Let us lift up our hearts with our hands 1 To the lofty One in heaven. 1
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:12and said to them, Ye are the heads of the families of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, and ye shall carry up the ark of the God of Israel, to the place which I have prepared for it.
2 Chronicles 30:9For when ye turn to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall be pitied before all that have carried them captives, and he will restore you to this land: for the Lord our God is merciful and pitiful, and will not turn away his face from you, if we return to him.
Job 34:31For there is one that says to the Mighty One, I have received blessings; I will not take a pledge: 1
Isaiah 55:7let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place, until they are brought to nought, and then shall they seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me early, saying,
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:38-42
The Duties of the Afflicted. ( b. c. 588.) 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord . 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. That we may be entitled to the comforts administered to the afflicted in the foregoing verses , and may taste the… Read the whole commentary →