Lamentations 3:57
Thou drewest near, in the day I kept calling on thee, thou saidst, Do not fear!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
In Context
56My voice, thou hast heard,—do not close thine ear to my respite, to mine outcry;
58Thou hast pleaded, O My Lord, the pleas of my soul, hast redeemed my life;
Cross References
2 Kings 19:6And Isaiah said unto them, Thus, shall ye, say, unto your lord,—Thus, saith Yahweh—Be not thou afraid, because of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled, me:
Psalms 138:3In the day I cried unto thee, then didst thou answer me, and didst excite me, in my soul, mightily.
Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God,—I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee with my righteous right-hand.
Isaiah 43:1Now, therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh—Creating thee, O Jacob, and Fashioning thee O Israel,—Do not fear, For I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name. Mine, thou art!
Jeremiah 1:17Thou, therefore, shalt gird thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them, all that, I, command thee,—be not dismayed because of them, lest I dismay thee before their face.
Acts 27:24saying—Be not afraid, Paul! for, before Caesar, must thou needs stand. And lo! God hath granted to thee as a favour, all them who are sailing with thee.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:56-66
God's Goodness Acknowledged; An Appeal to God. ( b. c. 588.) 55 I called upon thy name, O Lord , out of the low dungeon. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. 59 O Lord , thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. 61 Thou hast heard their… Read the whole commentary →