King James Version
Lamentations 3:18 in the King James Version says “And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:”
Lamentations 3:18 · KJV
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. covered: or, rolled me in the ashes
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. prosperity: Heb. good
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. Remembering: or, Remember
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. humbled: Heb. bowed
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is perished”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
“My strength”
H5331properly, a goal, i.e., the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objecti
“from the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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