Lamentations 1
1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
e Isa 3:26; S Jer 40:9; Eze 5:5
o ver 21; Joel 1:8–13
r S Jer 10:20; S 39:9; 52:28–30
v S 2Ki 14:26; S Jer 37:7; La 4:17
x ver 20; Isa 59:2–13
a ver 21, 22; S Ps 6:6; S 38:8
m S Isa 10:4; 13:13; S Jer 30:24
r S Dt 28:48; S Isa 47:6; S Jer 15:12
2 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins
z S Job 7:3; S Ps 119:136; S Isa 22:4; La 2:11, 18; 3:48–49
3 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will
Lamentations 2
1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
2 2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt
j S Isa 42:25; Jer 21:4–5, 14
k S Job 3:23; 16:13; La 3:12–13
3 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
4 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.
w Isa 43:28; S Jer 7:14; La 4:16; 5:12
y Ps 74:7–8; S Isa 64:11; Jer 33:4–5; Eze 7:21–22
d Isa 3:26; S Jer 39:8; S 52:14
g Dt 28:36; S 2Ki 24:15; Jer 16:13; Hos 3:4
o S Job 2:13; S Isa 3:26; Eze 27:30–31
p S Ps 119:82; S Isa 15:3; S La 1:16; 3:48–51
b Jer 14:17; 30:12–15; La 1:12
e Jer 2:8; S 20:6; 23:25–32, 33–40; S 29:9; Eze 13:3; 22:28
g S Dt 28:37; S Isa 28:22; Jer 19:8; S Na 3:19
j Ps 45:11; S 48:2; 50:2; Eze 16:14
r S ver 2; Eze 5:11; 7:9; 8:18
t Ps 89:42; S Isa 44:26; S La 1:5; Zec 1:6
u S Ps 119:145
5 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.
d S Dt 28:53; Jer 19:9; Eze 5:10
f Ps 78:64; S Jer 14:15; 23:11–12
h S Dt 32:25; S 2Ch 36:17; Ps 78:62–63; Jer 6:11
Lamentations 3
1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.
c S Job 19:8; S Ps 82:5; S Jer 4:23
f Ps 51:8; S Isa 38:13; S Jer 50:17
m ver 44; S Dt 1:45; S Job 30:20; Ps 22:2
o S Job 9:24; S Isa 63:17; Hos 2:6
u S Job 16:12; Ps 7:12–13; 38:2
x S Ge 38:23; Ps 22:6–7; Jer 20:7
n S Ps 33:18; Isa 25:9; S 30:18
w Ps 78:38; 106:43–45; Hos 11:8; Na 1:12
x S Job 37:23; S Jer 31:20; Eze 18:23; 33:11
z Ps 140:12; S Pr 17:15; S Jer 22:3; Hab 1:13
a Ps 33:9–11; S Pr 19:21; S 21:30
b S Job 2:10; S Isa 45:7; Jer 32:42
r S Isa 24:17–18; S 51:19
s S Ps 119:136
Lamentations 4
1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
k Ps 102:3–5; S La 3:4
n S Lev 26:29; Dt 28:53–57; Jer 19:9; La 2:20; Eze 5:10
s S Dt 32:22; S Jer 7:20; Eze 22:31
u Jer 5:31; 6:13; Eze 22:28; Mic 3:11
d S Ge 15:18; S Isa 20:5; Eze 29:16
l Jer 39:5; Eze 12:12–13; 19:4, 8
p Isa 34:6–10; S 63:6; Eze 35:15; Am 1:11–12; Ob 1:16; Hab 2:16
r S Ps 137:7; Eze 25:12–14; Mal 1:4
Lamentations 5