Jeremiah lamented, saying, i am the man who has seen affliction, who has seen affliction more than all the prophets who prophesied concerning the. Lamentations 3, new king james version nkjv the bible app. The scope of this chapter is the same with that of the two foregoing chapters, but the composition is somewhat different. I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
How hath the lord covered the daughter of zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger. While chapters 1, 2, and 4 are alphabetized, chapter 5 is not. Chapter 3 is slightly different as it has 66 verses in total, with three verses for each of the 22 letters. Silence is an expression of the psalmists the lamentations are psalms for resignation to the will of god. And when poems are set to music, the words become saturated. There are 22 letters in the hebrew alphabet, and chapters 1, 2 and 4 have 22 verses eacha verse for each of the 22 letters. Earlier in this chapter jeremiah felt god was his adversary lamentations 3. For this yoke, though it may seem to be very heavy for a time, when it has humbled us, and brought us to christ, will bring us innumerable blessings. Im going to read the most famous verses in the book of lamentations. The fifth stanza chapter contains of 22 single lines, which however are not in alphabetical order. We sing the words of these few verses all the time. Lamentations 3 is the third chapter of the book of lamentations in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible, part of the ketuvim writings. Chapter 5s verses reflect the hebrew alphabet in number alone. The adversary has stretched out his hand over all her precious things, for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, the ones whom you commanded that they should not enter into your congregation.
Lamentations chapter 3 coffmans commentary of the new. Chapters 1, 2, 4, and 5 have 22 verses in each of those chapters and each of the verses in each chapters begin with a letter of the hebrew alphabet. My soul is shut out from peace i have forgotten happiness. You perceive there is not a word concerning himself or his own pleadings. But even in a book named lamentations, the god of vengeance is still a god of hope. Choosing to remember gods faithfulness will bring you hope. Oct 28, 2014 the book of lamentations has a unique writing style.
Lamentations 3 i am the man who has seen affliction under. Chapter 3 the voice of a suffering individual 1 i am one who has known affliction. These verses embody the central thesis of the book. This book contains the elegies of the prophet jeremiah. My spirit ponders it continually and sinks within me. My soul is deprived of peace, i have forgotten what. I tell myself my future is lost, all that i hoped for from the lord. The book of lamentations has a unique writing style. Although the poems are traditionally ascribed to the prophet jeremiah. He has led me into darkness,shutting out all light. The author of the book of lamentations was attempting to show the fulfillment of the curses presented in deuteronomy 28. Verse click for chapter new international version i have been deprived of peace. He doth not ascribe his deliverance in any measure to any man, much less to his own merit. Jeremiah, also known as the weeping prophet writes this after the destruction of jerusalem by the babylonians.
Book of lamentations overview insight for living ministries. There are 22 verses, but they arent arranged into an acrostic. The main characteristic of the book is indicated by its title, lamentations in greek threnoi threnos song expressing grief for one who has died cp mt 2. This statement of faith standing strong in the midst of the surrounding darkness shines as a beacon to all those suffering under the consequences of their own sin and disobedience. Chapter 5 has 22 verses, but the acrostic style of writing was not used in this chapter. At first, the language sounds like the stock vocabulary of the lament psalms.
Unlike standard alphabetical order, in the middle chapters of lamentations, the letter pe the 17th letter comes before ayin the 16th. Lamentations 3, new living translation nlt the bible app. Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. When you read that god has led the everyman into darkness not light, has turned his hand against, besieged and encircled with poverty, etc. Although never named in the book, the book of lamentations has long been attributed to the prophet jeremiah, although some scholars have disputed this. But this i call to mind, and therefore i have hope. The fifth poem, corresponding to the fifth chapter, is not acrostic but still has 22 lines. The book of lamentations is book of sorrowful songs or poems.
Darkness, affliction, derision, but the lord is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance 2pe 3. He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of. Find top church sermons, illustrations, and powerpoints for preaching on lamentations 3. And now i say, my strength is gone that hope which came from the lord. It is good to wait in silence for the lord to save. Nov 26, 20 and jeremiah wrote about his suffering in a little book tucked away between the major prophets called lamentations. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of lamentations in the bible new international version. Now viewing scripture range from the book of lamentations chapter 3. It was written soon after the fall of jerusalem in 586 b. Lamentations 3 commentary spurgeons verse expositions of. These are all of the chapters of the book of lamentations.
Despite its primary character of lament and woe, there is a quiet hope in gods forgiveness and mercy that underlies the entire work. Click the verse number to read commentary, definitions, meanings, and notesfor that particular lamentations 3 verse. How like b a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations. He has led me and made me walkin darkness and not in light. The fourth stanza chapter is constructed as stanzas 1 and 2 with the difference that each verse contains of two instead of three lines. The book of lamentations is a collection of five poems that serve as an anguished response to the destruction of jerusalem in 587 b. But at the heart of this book, at the center of this lament over the effects of sin in the world, sit a few verses devoted to hope in the lord lamentations 3. Jeremiah speaks for his nation israel gods firstborn exo 4. I dont have to tell you, this has been a traumatic week in the life of our church family. The first chapter uses standard alphabetical order. Jun 28, 2009 in its design, chapter three is a classic lament. Floyd fell on tuesday afternoon and suffered a severe concussion. In this chapter he refers to his own experience under affliction as an example as to how the people of judah should behave under theirs, so as to have hope of a restoration.
In this book of jeremiahs lamentations, chapters one, two and four form an acrostic, each chapter consisting of twentytwo verses, and each verse beginning with one of each of the letters of the hebrew alphabet, beginning with aleph and ending with tau. The book of lamentations, chapter 2 king james version. Lamentations 3 bible commentary matthew henry concise. Chapter 5 also has 22 verses, but is not in acrostic arrangement. His faithfulness is perfect, infinite, overflowing, far beyond human faithfulness. See 2 kgs 25 for a prose account of the fall of jerusalem. Next chapter of lamentations the book of lamentations, chapter 3 we hope that you find the content of the book of lamentations, chapter 3 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Feb 28, 2012 lamentations is one of the more poetic offerings in the bible. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
Lamentations is a poem, expanding the utility of words. The lamentations of jeremiah chapter 3 verse by verse. Chapter 3 extends the acrostic by having succeeding sets of three for each letter of the alphabet hence, twentytwo sets of three for a total of sixtysix verses. My soul is deprived of peace, i have forgotten what happiness is. So i say, my splendor is gone and all that i had hoped from the lord. My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. The name implies that the topic is expressing grief over something to lament. Lamentations 3 commentary spurgeons verse expositions.
The book of lamentations also reminds us that it is impossible for gods people to sink so far into sin that they should lose hope in his mercy and forgiveness. The thought of my homeless poverty is wormwood and gall. Lamentations 3 new international version niv biblica. At the time of a loved ones death, perhaps a surprising death that turns life for the mourners on its ear, perhaps this whole book will resonate. It is good to wait in silence for the lord god to save. And i said, my strength and my hope is perished from the lord. The first sixteen verses of this chapter get pretty intense. Im going to read from chapter 3 of lamentations to you this evening. It is because of the lords mercy and lovingkindness that we are not consumed, because his tender compassions fail not. The catastrophe of conquest and exile has shaken judahs survivors after babylons 587bc obliteration of jerusalem. The setting is the aftermath of the destruction of jerusalem.
Lamentations 3 may fit with jeremiahs experience of being cast into the pit compare lamentations 3. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead. In the middle of the book, the writer reminds the people to hope in god. Chapter 3 has 66 verses, so that each letter begins three lines. In the time of his trial the lord had become terrible to him. It is an elegy, a dirge, written over the desolation of jerusalem by one whose love for it, guilty as he knew it to be, was. The faithful lament their calamities, and hope in gods mercies. Brooding on my anguish and affliction is gall and wormwood.