Lamentations 3

Treated in 18 passages across the library.

  • 3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 3
  • 3:24 Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 2
  • 3:25 Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 2
  • 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 2
  • 3:28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him. 2
  • 3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood. 1
  • 3:19 Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 1
  • 3:21 This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope. 1
  • 3:23 They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. 1
  • 3:26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. 1
  • 3:29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. 1
  • 3:31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 1
  • 3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. 1
  • 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 1

American Standard Version

  1. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Why all things work for good cites Lam. iii. 15

    …, and see the Lord covering His people with ashes, and “making them drunk with wormwood” (Lam. iii. 15), we may be ready to call in question the love of God, and to say that He deals hardly wi…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Lam 3: 19

    …mbled 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 impa…

  3. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    May cites Lamentations 3:21

    …glory to our sweet Lord Jesus. May 28 “This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.” (Lamentations 3:21) Memory is frequently the bond slave of despondency. Dispairing minds call to remembrance…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Lam 3: 23

    … Psa 42: 8. He has also mercies for the morning. His compassions ‘are new every morning.’ Lam 3: 23. God has mercies for all sorts. Mercies for the poor: ‘He raiseth up the poor out of the …

  5. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    November cites Lamentations 3:24

    … will, and to show forth his glory. November 16 “The Lord is my portion, saith my soul.” (Lamentations 3:24) It is not “The Lord is partly my portion,” nor “The Lord is in my portion”; but he himse…

  6. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    May cites Lam 3:24

    …ael.”-- Nu18:20. “The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him.”-- Lam 3:24. IT IS a wonderful thing when we can look upon God as being our portion, when we can lay …

  7. Waiting on God · Andrew Murray

    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. Fo…

  8. Waiting on God · Andrew Murray

    To Know His Goodness cites Lam. 3:25

    …. WAITING ON GOD: To Know His Goodness. 'The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him.' — Lam. 3:25 'THERE is none good but God.' 'His goodness is in the heavens.' 'Oh how great is Thy good…

  9. Waiting on God · Andrew Murray

    Quietly cites Lam. 3: 26

    … 'It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.'—Lam. 3: 26 'TAKE heed, and be quiet: fear not, neither be faint-hearted.' 'In quietness and in confi…

  10. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of September cites Lam. 3:27

    …SUFFERERS MAKE STRONG BELIEVERS "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth" Lam. 3:27 This is as good as a promise. It has been good, it is good, and it will be good for me to…

  11. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Lam. 3:28

    …:27. A penitent, in the exercise of true humiliation, is represented as still and silent, Lam. 3:28: "He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him." And silence i…

  12. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of January cites Lam. 3:31

    … doubting our God. Jan. 12 "LOVE UNTO THE END" "For the Lord will not cast off for ever." Lam. 3:31 He may cast away for a season, but not for ever. A woman may leave off her ornaments for …

  13. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Get a clear sense of the guilt, danger and evil of the sin cites Lam. iii. 33

    …he is to destroy, in our hearts with him. “He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve us,” Lam. iii. 33; and shall we daily grieve him? Thus is he said sometimes to be “vexed,” sometimes “griev…

  14. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Threshing cites Lam. 3:33

    … number. The Lord never plays with his saints’ feelings. “He does not afflict willingly” (Lam. 3:33). No unnecessary blow is given. The wisdom of the farmer in limiting threshing is far exc…

  15. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    Is Sickness a Chastisement? cites Lam. 3:33

    … a chastisement for sin. God “doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men” (Lam. 3:33). It is not without a cause that He deprives us of health. Perhaps it may be to render us…

  16. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    March cites Lamentations 3:40

    …of full fruition. March 30 “Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.” (Lamentations 3:40) The spouse who fondly loves her absent husband longs for his return; a long protracted s…

  17. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    October cites Lamentations 3:41

    …he throne. October 11 “Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.” (Lamentations 3:41) The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such …

  18. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Sixth Stage cites Lam. 3:27-29

    …e would lie down, embrace the ground, and kiss the very flowers that grew in this valley. Lam. 3:27-29. He would now be up every morning by break of day, tracing and walking to and fro in the …