Lamentations 3:8 BSB

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּ֣ם	gam	also	H1571 →
כִּ֤י	ki	if	H3588 →
אֶזְעַק֙	'ez.'Ak	I will cry out	H2199 →
וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ	va.'a.sha.Ve.a'	and I may cry for help	H7768 →
שָׂתַ֖ם	sa.Tam	he has shut out	H5640 →
תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃	te.fi.la.Ti	prayer my	H8605 →

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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
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
leads to
- Psalms 22:1
  My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- 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…
- Isaiah 53:10
  Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,…
- Mark 15:34
  At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- Psalms 71:11
  saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
Through
Psalms 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
leads to
- Psalms 42:3
  My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Luke 18:7
  Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
- Psalms 88:1
  O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

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.

Job 30:20I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.Luke 11:10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.Psalms 88:2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.Psalms 55:17Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”Lamentations 3:44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.Habakkuk 1:2How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?Exodus 11:6Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.Matthew 15:23But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”Nehemiah 9:4And the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.Song of Solomon 5:6I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.Psalms 80:4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

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