Lamentations 3:40
Let us search out our ways, and examine them well, and let us return unto Yahweh;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
In Context
39Why should a living son of earth complain, [Let] a man [complain] because of his sins?
41Let us lift up our heart, to the opened palms, to the Mighty One in the heavens;
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:12and said unto them, Ye, are the chiefs of the fathers of the Levites,—Hallow yourselves, ye and your brethren, so shall ye bring up the ark of Yahweh—God of Israel, into [the place] I have prepared for it.
2 Chronicles 30:9For, by your returning unto Yahweh, your brethren and your children, shall find compassion before their captors, so as to return unto this land. For, gracious and compassionate, is Yahweh your God, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye will return unto him.
Job 34:31For, unto GOD, hath one [ever] said—I have borne punishment, I will not be perverse;
Psalms 119:59I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Isaiah 55:7Let the lawless forsake his way, And the man of iniquity, his thoughts,—And let him return unto Yahweh That he may have compassion upon him, And unto our God, For he will abundantly pardon.
Hosea 5:15I will depart, will return unto my place! till what time they acknowledge their guilt, and seek my face,—In their trouble, will they make for me diligent search.
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 →