Lamentations 3:18
וָאֹמַר אָבַד נִצְחִי וְתוֹחַלְתִּי מֵיְהוָֽה ׃ ס
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
In Context
17וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טוֹבָֽה ׃
19זְכָר ־ עָנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי לַעֲנָה וָרֹֽאשׁ ׃
Cross References
Job 6:11מַה ־ כֹּחִי כִֽי ־ אֲיַחֵל וּמַה ־ קִּצִּי כִּֽי ־ אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִֽׁי ׃
Psalms 31:22בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה כִּי הִפְלִיא חַסְדּוֹ לִי בְּעִיר מָצֽוֹר ׃
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →