Lamentations 1

1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

a S Lev 26:43

b S Jer 42:2

c S Isa 47:8

d S 1Ki 4:21

e Isa 3:26; S Jer 40:9; Eze 5:5

f Ps 6:6

g S Jer 3:1

h S Jer 4:30; Mic 7:5

i ver 16; S Jer 30:14

j S Jer 13:19

k Dt 28:65

l S Ex 15:9

m S Ps 137:1

n S Isa 27:10; S Jer 9:11

o ver 21; Joel 1:8–13

p S Isa 22:5; S Jer 30:15

q S Ps 5:10

r S Jer 10:20; S 39:9; 52:28–30

s S Ps 137:3; La 2:17

t S Ps 9:14; Jer 13:18

u S Lev 26:36

v S 2Ki 14:26; S Jer 37:7; La 4:17

w S Jer 2:26

x ver 20; Isa 59:2–13

y S Jer 2:22

z S Jer 13:22, 26

a ver 21, 22; S Ps 6:6; S 38:8

b Dt 32:28–29; Eze 24:13

c Jer 13:18

d S Ecc 4:1; S Jer 16:7

e Ps 25:18

f S Isa 64:11

g Ps 74:7–8; 79:1; Jer 51:51

h Dt 23:3

i S Ps 6:6; S 38:8

j S Jer 37:21; S 52:6

k S Jer 18:16

l ver 18

m S Isa 10:4; 13:13; S Jer 30:24

n S Job 30:30; Ps 102:3

o S Job 18:8

p S Jer 44:6

q Hab 3:16

r S Dt 28:48; S Isa 47:6; S Jer 15:12

s S Jer 32:5

t Jer 37:10

2 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins

u Isa 41:2

v Isa 28:18; S Jer 18:21

w S Jdg 6:11

x S Isa 5:5

y Jer 14:17

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

a S Ps 69:20; Ecc 4:1; S Jer 16:7

b S ver 2; Jer 13:17; 14:17

c S Jer 4:31

d S Ex 23:21

e Jer 2:22

f S Lev 18:25–28

g S Ex 9:27; S Ezr 9:15

h S 1Sa 12:14

i ver 12

j Dt 28:32, 41

k S Jer 22:20

l S Jer 14:15; La 2:20

m S Jer 4:19

n La 2:11

o S Job 20:2

p S ver 8

q S Dt 32:25; Eze 7:15

r S ver 8; S Ps 6:6; S 38:8

s ver 4

t La 2:15

u Isa 47:11; Jer 30:16

v Ne 4:5

w S ver 8; S Ps 6:6

Lamentations 2

1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

a La 3:44

b Ps 99:5; 132:7

c S Jer 12:7

d ver 17; La 3:43

2 2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt

e Ps 21:9

f Ps 89:39–40; Mic 5:11

g S Isa 25:12

h Ps 75:5, 10

i Ps 74:11

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.

l S Ps 48:2; Eze 24:16, 25

m S 2Ch 34:21; Eze 20:34

n Isa 42:25; S Jer 7:20

o S Jer 4:20

p S Job 13:24

q ver 2

r S Isa 29:2

s S Jer 7:20; 9:17–20

t 2Ch 36:19

u S Jer 52:13

v Zep 3:18

w Isa 43:28; S Jer 7:14; La 4:16; 5:12

x S Lev 26:31; S Eze 7:24

y Ps 74:7–8; S Isa 64:11; Jer 33:4–5; Eze 7:21–22

z Jer 21:4; 52:13

a ver 18

b S 2Ki 21:13

c S Ps 48:13

d Isa 3:26; S Jer 39:8; S 52:14

e S Ne 1:3

f S Isa 45:2; Hos 11:6

g Dt 28:36; S 2Ki 24:15; Jer 16:13; Hos 3:4

h S 2Ch 15:3

i S 1Sa 3:1

j S Jer 14:14

k La 3:28

l S Jos 7:6

m Job 2:12

n S Isa 3:24

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

q S Job 30:27; La 1:20

r S Isa 1:5

s ver 19; Ps 22:14

t S Jer 9:1

u La 4:4

v Isa 24:11

w S Job 3:24

x La 4:4

y S Isa 1:6

z S 2Ki 19:21

a Isa 37:22

b Jer 14:17; 30:12–15; La 1:12

c S Jer 28:15

d Jer 8:11

e Jer 2:8; S 20:6; 23:25–32, 33–40; S 29:9; Eze 13:3; 22:28

f S Nu 24:10; Eze 25:6

g S Dt 28:37; S Isa 28:22; Jer 19:8; S Na 3:19

h S Job 16:4

i S La 1:21

j Ps 45:11; S 48:2; 50:2; Eze 16:14

k Ps 48:2

l Ps 22:13; La 3:46

m S Job 16:9

n S Ps 35:25

o Eze 36:3; Mic 4:11

p S Jer 39:16

q Dt 28:15–45

r S ver 2; Eze 5:11; 7:9; 8:18

s S Ps 22:17

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.

v ver 8

w S La 1:16

x S Jer 9:1

y La 3:49

z 1Sa 1:15

a S ver 11; Isa 26:9

b S Ps 28:2

c S Isa 51:20

d S Dt 28:53; Jer 19:9; Eze 5:10

e La 4:10

f Ps 78:64; S Jer 14:15; 23:11–12

g S La 1:19

h S Dt 32:25; S 2Ch 36:17; Ps 78:62–63; Jer 6:11

i S Jer 13:14; La 3:43; Zec 11:6

j S Ps 31:13; S Jer 20:10

k S Jer 11:11

l Job 27:14; Hos 9:13

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.

a Jer 15:17–18

b S Job 19:21; Ps 88:7

c S Job 19:8; S Ps 82:5; S Jer 4:23

d Ps 38:2; Isa 5:25

e S Job 30:30; La 4:8

f Ps 51:8; S Isa 38:13; S Jer 50:17

g ver 19

h Jer 23:15

i Ps 88:5–6; 143:3; Isa 59:10

j S Job 3:23

k Jer 40:4

l Ps 5:2

m ver 44; S Dt 1:45; S Job 30:20; Ps 22:2

n S Job 19:8

o S Job 9:24; S Isa 63:17; Hos 2:6

p S Job 10:16

q Hos 13:8; Am 5:18–19

r Hos 6:1

s S La 2:4

t Job 7:20

u S Job 16:12; Ps 7:12–13; 38:2

v S Job 16:13

w Job 6:4

x S Ge 38:23; Ps 22:6–7; Jer 20:7

y S Job 17:2

z S Job 30:9

a ver 19; Jer 9:15

b S Pr 20:17

c S Ps 7:5

d S ver 54; S Job 17:15

e ver 5

f S ver 15

g S Ps 42:5

h Ps 42:11; 43:5

i S Ps 103:11

j S Job 34:15; S Hos 11:9

k Ps 78:38; 130:7

l S Ex 34:6; Zep 3:5

m S Ps 119:57

n S Ps 33:18; Isa 25:9; S 30:18

o S Isa 7:4

p Ps 37:7; 40:1

q Jer 15:17; La 2:10

r S Job 2:8

s S Jer 31:17

t S Job 16:10; S Isa 50:6

u Mic 5:1

v Ps 94:14; Isa 54:7

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

y Ge 14:18, 19, 20, 22

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

c S Jer 30:15; Mic 7:9

d 2Co 13:5

e Ps 119:59; 139:23–24

f S Ps 25:1; S 28:2

g Jer 14:20; Da 9:5

h S 2Ki 24:4; Jer 5:7–9

i ver 66; Ps 35:6

j S La 2:2, 17, 21

k Ps 97:2; La 2:1

l S ver 8; Zec 7:13

m S Isa 58:4

n 1Co 4:13

o Ps 22:13

p La 2:16

q Jer 48:43

r S Isa 24:17–18; S 51:19

s S Ps 119:136

t S Jer 9:1, 18; La 1:16

u La 2:11

v Jer 14:17; S La 2:18

w S Ps 14:2; 80:14; S Isa 63:15

x Ps 35:7

y Jer 37:16; S 38:6

z Ps 69:2; Jnh 2:3–5

a ver 18; Ps 88:5; Eze 37:11

b S Ps 88:6

c Ps 130:1; Jnh 2:2

d S Ps 55:1; 116:1–2

e S Ps 46:1

f Isa 41:10

g S Jer 51:36

h Ps 34:22; S Jer 50:34

i Jer 18:19–20

j Ps 35:23; 43:1

k S Jer 11:20; 18:18

l Ps 89:50; Zep 2:8

m Eze 36:3

n S Job 30:9

o S Ps 28:4; S Jer 51:6

p Ex 14:8; Dt 2:30; Isa 6:10

q S ver 43

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 5