Lamentations 3:18
And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
In Context
17And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
19Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
Cross References
Job 6:11What [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?
Psalms 31:22And I — I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.
Ezekiel 37:11And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.
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 →