Notes for Lamentations

Lamentations 1

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

aS Lev 26:43

bS Jer 42:2

cS Isa 47:8

dS 1Ki 4:21

eIsa 3:26; S Jer 40:9; Eze 5:5

fPs 6:6

gS Jer 3:1

hS Jer 4:30; Mic 7:5

iver 16; S Jer 30:14

jS Jer 13:19

kDt 28:65

lS Ex 15:9

mS Ps 137:1

nS Isa 27:10; S Jer 9:11

over 21; Joel 1:8–13

pS Isa 22:5; S Jer 30:15

qS Ps 5:10

rS Jer 10:20; S 39:9; 52:28–30

sS Ps 137:3; La 2:17

tS Ps 9:14; Jer 13:18

uS Lev 26:36

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

wS Jer 2:26

xver 20; Isa 59:2–13

yS Jer 2:22

zS Jer 13:22, 26

aver 21, 22; S Ps 6:6; S 38:8

bDt 32:28–29; Eze 24:13

cJer 13:18

dS Ecc 4:1; S Jer 16:7

ePs 25:18

fS Isa 64:11

gPs 74:7–8; 79:1; Jer 51:51

hDt 23:3

iS Ps 6:6; S 38:8

jS Jer 37:21; S 52:6

kS Jer 18:16

lver 18

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

nS Job 30:30; Ps 102:3

oS Job 18:8

pS Jer 44:6

qHab 3:16

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

sS Jer 32:5

tJer 37:10

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

uIsa 41:2

vIsa 28:18; S Jer 18:21

wS Jdg 6:11

xS Isa 5:5

yJer 14:17

zS 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

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

bS ver 2; Jer 13:17; 14:17

cS Jer 4:31

dS Ex 23:21

eJer 2:22

fS Lev 18:25–28

gS Ex 9:27; S Ezr 9:15

hS 1Sa 12:14

iver 12

jDt 28:32, 41

kS Jer 22:20

lS Jer 14:15; La 2:20

mS Jer 4:19

nLa 2:11

oS Job 20:2

pS ver 8

qS Dt 32:25; Eze 7:15

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

sver 4

tLa 2:15

uIsa 47:11; Jer 30:16

vNe 4:5

wS 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.

aLa 3:44

bPs 99:5; 132:7

cS Jer 12:7

dver 17; La 3:43

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

ePs 21:9

fPs 89:39–40; Mic 5:11

gS Isa 25:12

hPs 75:5, 10

iPs 74:11

jS Isa 42:25; Jer 21:4–5, 14

kS 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.

lS Ps 48:2; Eze 24:16, 25

mS 2Ch 34:21; Eze 20:34

nIsa 42:25; S Jer 7:20

oS Jer 4:20

pS Job 13:24

qver 2

rS Isa 29:2

sS Jer 7:20; 9:17–20

t2Ch 36:19

uS Jer 52:13

vZep 3:18

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

xS Lev 26:31; S Eze 7:24

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

zJer 21:4; 52:13

aver 18

bS 2Ki 21:13

cS Ps 48:13

dIsa 3:26; S Jer 39:8; S 52:14

eS Ne 1:3

fS Isa 45:2; Hos 11:6

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

hS 2Ch 15:3

iS 1Sa 3:1

jS Jer 14:14

kLa 3:28

lS Jos 7:6

mJob 2:12

nS Isa 3:24

oS Job 2:13; S Isa 3:26; Eze 27:30–31

pS Ps 119:82; S Isa 15:3; S La 1:16; 3:48–51

qS Job 30:27; La 1:20

rS Isa 1:5

sver 19; Ps 22:14

tS Jer 9:1

uLa 4:4

vIsa 24:11

wS Job 3:24

xLa 4:4

yS Isa 1:6

zS 2Ki 19:21

aIsa 37:22

bJer 14:17; 30:12–15; La 1:12

cS Jer 28:15

dJer 8:11

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

fS Nu 24:10; Eze 25:6

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

hS Job 16:4

iS La 1:21

jPs 45:11; S 48:2; 50:2; Eze 16:14

kPs 48:2

lPs 22:13; La 3:46

mS Job 16:9

nS Ps 35:25

oEze 36:3; Mic 4:11

pS Jer 39:16

qDt 28:15–45

rS ver 2; Eze 5:11; 7:9; 8:18

sS Ps 22:17

tPs 89:42; S Isa 44:26; S La 1:5; Zec 1:6

uS Ps 119:145

5 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.

vver 8

wS La 1:16

xS Jer 9:1

yLa 3:49

z1Sa 1:15

aS ver 11; Isa 26:9

bS Ps 28:2

cS Isa 51:20

dS Dt 28:53; Jer 19:9; Eze 5:10

eLa 4:10

fPs 78:64; S Jer 14:15; 23:11–12

gS La 1:19

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

iS Jer 13:14; La 3:43; Zec 11:6

jS Ps 31:13; S Jer 20:10

kS Jer 11:11

lJob 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.

aJer 15:17–18

bS Job 19:21; Ps 88:7

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

dPs 38:2; Isa 5:25

eS Job 30:30; La 4:8

fPs 51:8; S Isa 38:13; S Jer 50:17

gver 19

hJer 23:15

iPs 88:5–6; 143:3; Isa 59:10

jS Job 3:23

kJer 40:4

lPs 5:2

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

nS Job 19:8

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

pS Job 10:16

qHos 13:8; Am 5:18–19

rHos 6:1

sS La 2:4

tJob 7:20

uS Job 16:12; Ps 7:12–13; 38:2

vS Job 16:13

wJob 6:4

xS Ge 38:23; Ps 22:6–7; Jer 20:7

yS Job 17:2

zS Job 30:9

aver 19; Jer 9:15

bS Pr 20:17

cS Ps 7:5

dS ver 54; S Job 17:15

ever 5

fS ver 15

gS Ps 42:5

hPs 42:11; 43:5

iS Ps 103:11

jS Job 34:15; S Hos 11:9

kPs 78:38; 130:7

lS Ex 34:6; Zep 3:5

mS Ps 119:57

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

oS Isa 7:4

pPs 37:7; 40:1

qJer 15:17; La 2:10

rS Job 2:8

sS Jer 31:17

tS Job 16:10; S Isa 50:6

uMic 5:1

vPs 94:14; Isa 54:7

wPs 78:38; 106:43–45; Hos 11:8; Na 1:12

xS Job 37:23; S Jer 31:20; Eze 18:23; 33:11

yGe 14:18, 19, 20, 22

zPs 140:12; S Pr 17:15; S Jer 22:3; Hab 1:13

aPs 33:9–11; S Pr 19:21; S 21:30

bS Job 2:10; S Isa 45:7; Jer 32:42

cS Jer 30:15; Mic 7:9

d2Co 13:5

ePs 119:59; 139:23–24

fS Ps 25:1; S 28:2

gJer 14:20; Da 9:5

hS 2Ki 24:4; Jer 5:7–9

iver 66; Ps 35:6

jS La 2:2, 17, 21

kPs 97:2; La 2:1

lS ver 8; Zec 7:13

mS Isa 58:4

n1Co 4:13

oPs 22:13

pLa 2:16

qJer 48:43

rS Isa 24:17–18; S 51:19

sS Ps 119:136

tS Jer 9:1, 18; La 1:16

uLa 2:11

vJer 14:17; S La 2:18

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

xPs 35:7

yJer 37:16; S 38:6

zPs 69:2; Jnh 2:3–5

aver 18; Ps 88:5; Eze 37:11

bS Ps 88:6

cPs 130:1; Jnh 2:2

dS Ps 55:1; 116:1–2

eS Ps 46:1

fIsa 41:10

gS Jer 51:36

hPs 34:22; S Jer 50:34

iJer 18:19–20

jPs 35:23; 43:1

kS Jer 11:20; 18:18

lPs 89:50; Zep 2:8

mEze 36:3

nS Job 30:9

oS Ps 28:4; S Jer 51:6

pEx 14:8; Dt 2:30; Isa 6:10

qS ver 43

Lamentations 4

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

aEze 7:19

bIsa 51:18

cS Job 39:16

dS Dt 28:48; S 2Ki 18:31

eS Ps 22:15

fLa 2:11, 12

gJer 6:2

hS Isa 3:26; Am 6:3–7

iS Ge 19:25

jS Job 30:28

kPs 102:3–5; S La 3:4

lS 2Ki 25:3

mS Jer 15:2; S 16:4; La 5:10

nS Lev 26:29; Dt 28:53–57; Jer 19:9; La 2:20; Eze 5:10

oS Job 20:23

pS 2Ch 34:21

qNa 1:6; Zep 2:2; 3:8

rJer 17:27

sS Dt 32:22; S Jer 7:20; Eze 22:31

tS 1Ki 9:9; S Jer 21:13

uJer 5:31; 6:13; Eze 22:28; Mic 3:11

vS 2Ki 21:16

wS Isa 59:10

xJer 19:4

yS Jer 44:14

zLev 13:46; Mic 2:10

aIsa 9:14–16

bLa 5:12

cS La 2:6

dS Ge 15:18; S Isa 20:5; Eze 29:16

eS La 1:7

fJer 37:7

gEze 7:2–12; Am 8:2

hS Dt 28:49

iS Lev 26:36; Isa 5:26–28

jJer 52:7

kS 1Sa 26:9; 2Sa 19:21

lJer 39:5; Eze 12:12–13; 19:4, 8

mS Ps 91:1

nS Ge 10:23

oS Ps 16:5; S Jer 25:15

pIsa 34:6–10; S 63:6; Eze 35:15; Am 1:11–12; Ob 1:16; Hab 2:16

qIsa 40:2; Jer 33:8

rS Ps 137:7; Eze 25:12–14; Mal 1:4

Lamentations 5

aPs 44:13–16; 89:50

bPs 79:1

cS Ps 109:11

dZep 1:13

eJer 17:4

fS Ex 22:24; Jer 15:8; S 18:21

gS Isa 55:1; Eze 4:16–17

hIsa 3:1

iS Ne 9:37; Isa 47:6

jS Jos 1:13

kJer 2:36; Hos 5:13; 7:11; 9:3

lS Jer 31:29

mJer 14:20; 16:12

nNe 5:15

oZec 11:6

pS Job 30:30; S La 4:8–9

qS Ge 34:29; Zec 14:2

rS Lev 19:32

sS La 2:6; 4:16

tS Isa 24:8; Jer 7:34

uS Jer 25:10; Am 8:10

vPs 89:39; S Jer 13:18

wS Job 19:9

xS Isa 3:11; Jer 14:20

yS Isa 1:5

zS Jer 8:18

aPs 6:7

bS Job 16:8

cPs 74:2–3

dS Isa 27:10; Mic 3:12

eS 1Ch 16:31

fS Ps 45:6; 102:12, 24–27

gS Ps 13:1; 44:24

hS Ps 71:11

iS Ps 80:3; Isa 60:20–22

jS Ps 53:5; 60:1–2; S Jer 6:30

kS Isa 64:9