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Lamentations 3:40 Cross-References
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“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.”
Lamentations 3:40 (KJV)
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Commentary on Lamentations 3:40
Let us search and try our ways (נַחְפְּשָׂה דְרָכֵינוּ וְנַחְקֹרָה, nachpesah derakeinu venachqorah)—Two intensive Hebrew verbs: 'search' (chaphas) means to dig, investigate thoroughly; 'try' (chaqar) means to examine, test. The plural 'us' shifts from individual (verses 25-39) to corporate—Israel must collectively examine its covenant violations. And turn again to the LORD (וְנָשׁוּבָה עַד־יְהוָה, venashuvah ad-YHWH)—'Turn' (shuv) is the Hebrew word for repentance, meaning to return, reverse direction. The phrase 'turn again' or 'return back' acknowledges that Israel has strayed and must retr...
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Cross-References for Lamentations 3:40
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“whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don't you know as to your own selves”
“God”
“turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
“and turned my steps to your statutes.”
“and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed”
“and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh”
“Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.”
“and let us return unto the LORD; For He hath torn”
“return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.”
“and so let him eat of the bread”