Lamentations 3:18

strength. strength (for endurance). Hebrew. nezah. See notes on Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 40:29; Isaiah 40:31.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I said, My strength and my (g) hope hath perished from the LORD: (g) Thus with pain he was driven to and fro between hope and despair, as the go...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This verse shews what I have before reminded you of, that the Prophet does not here speak as though he was divested of every sin, and prescribe...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. He hath ... broken my teeth with gravel - referring to the gr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I said, My strength. — The sorrow of the mourner comes to the very verge of despair. There was “no help for him from his God;” even that hope had l...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: Ver. 18. And I said. ] But not so wisely. I was even almost tumbling into the pit o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I was a derision to all my people To all the wicked among them, who made themselves merry with the prophet's griefs and the public judgments; and...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Personal Affliction. B. C. 588....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In His Initial Despair The Prophet Bewails His Own Sad Condition ( Lamentations 3:1-18 ). In this section God is simply spoken of as ‘He', the onl...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — Lamentations 3:18 . This reads like an account of the climax to the trials undergone. I said, as if talking to myself, My...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I am about to read a portion of Holy Scripture which may seem very strange to some of you, but it belongs to a part of the congregation, and I hope i...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The first part of this chapter is one of the saddest in the whole Book of God; yet I expect it has ministered as much consolation as some of the brig...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Lament over Grievous Sufferings
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord. His vitality was sapped by his afflictions, and his hope and trust in Jehovah had left...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 27:1 ; Ezekiel 37:11 ; Job 17:15 ; Job 6:11 ; Psalms 116:11 ; Psalms 31:22

¹⁸ And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

Related Commentaries of Lamentations 3:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 3:18