Lamentations
Treated in 62 passages across the library.
Five poems of grief over the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon, traditionally attributed to Jeremiah. They mourn the ruined city and its suffering people and confess that the judgment came because of sin. At their centre stands a confession of hope: "his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Chapters
The verses these writers stop at
- 3:22 It is by the LORD's loyal love that we have not been wiped out, for his mercies have not failed. 8
- 3:26 It is good to wait in silence for the LORD's salvation. 8
- 3:25 The LORD is good to all who wait in hope for him, to anyone who seeks him. 6
- 3:27 A man does well to take up a yoke while he is still young. 6
- 3:33 For he does not bring affliction willingly or grief to human beings. 5
Open Word Bible
Where it is preached
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Scriptures cites Lam 3:3
…of glory.’ When it has been deserted, the Word has dropped in the golden oil of joy. Lam 3:3I. ‘The Lord will not cast off for ever.’ He may change his providence, not his purpose…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
Fourteen Years at the Loom cites Lamentations 3:27
“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.” — Lamentations 3:27, ASV The Half-Timer Dundee in the 1860s was a city of chimneys. Its mills and…
- Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot ·
The Waiting Years cites Lamentations 3:26
…is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.” — Lamentations 3:26, KJV Three Hills In the autumn of 1948 Elisabeth Howard went north to Canada, to the…
- The Ten Commandments ·
1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Lam 3: 19
…them. ‘Remembering my affliction, the wormwood and gall, my soul is humbled in me.’ Lam 3: 19, 20. Then God’s corrosive has eaten out the proud flesh. [2] When it has tamed their…
- Waiting on God ·
Introduction cites Lam. 3:25
…49:23. . . 105 23. For Un-looked for Things.—Isa. 64:4. . . 110 24. To Know His Goodness.—Lam. 3:25. . . 114 25. Quietly.—Lam. 3:26. . . 118 26. In Holy Expectancy.—Mic. 7:7. . . 133 27.…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
Introduction cites Lam. 1:17
…and in no wise able to arise, and this, so quickly after her late great joys and hopes: Lam. 1:17, “Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the Lord hath…
The books that return to it most
- A Body of Divinity Thomas Watson 4 passages
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor Ochorus Originals 4 passages
- Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot Ochorus Originals 3 passages
- The Ten Commandments Thomas Watson 3 passages
- Waiting on God Andrew Murray 3 passages
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections Jonathan Edwards 2 passages