Lamentations 3:18 BSB

Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֹמַר֙	va.'o.Mar	and I said	H559 →
אָבַ֣ד	'a.Vad	it has perished	H6 →
נִצְחִ֔י	nitz.Chi	endurance my	H5331 →
וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י	ve.to.chal.Ti	and hope my	H8431 →
מֵיְהוָֽה׃ ס	me.Yah.weh	from Yahweh	H3068 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 37:11
Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
leads to
- Ephesians 2:1
  And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
- Psalms 77:7–9
  “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?
- Ezekiel 39:25
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
Through
Psalms 116:11
In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:4–5
  “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Romans 3:4
  Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
- Psalms 31:22
  In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Through
Psalms 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
leads to
- Psalms 116:11
  In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”
- Hebrews 5:7
  During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Luke 11:10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.Jeremiah 31:17So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.Job 17:15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?1 Samuel 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.Lamentations 3:54The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’Psalms 116:11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”Job 6:11What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

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