Lamentations 3:18

Lamentations 3:18

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16 He has also broken my teeth ^awith gravel,
And¹ covered me with ashes.

17 You have moved my soul far from peace;
I have forgotten¹ prosperity.

18 ^aAnd I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”

19 Remember my affliction and roaming,
^aThe wormwood and the¹ gall.

20 My soul still remembers
And¹ sinks within me.

21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have ^ahope.

22 ^aThrough the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions ^bfail not.

23 They are new ^aevery morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.

24 “The Lord is my ^aportion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I ^bhope in Him!”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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from the Lord—that is, my hope derived from Him (Psalms 31:22).

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gravel—referring to the grit that often mixes with bread baked in ashes, as is the custom of baking in the East (Proverbs 20:17). We fare as hardly as those who eat such bread. The same allusion is in "Covered me with ashes," namely, as bread.

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