Cross-References and Text Notes
Lamentations 1
1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
o ver 21; Joel 1:8-13
x ver 20; Isa 59:2-13
2 1:14 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint He kept watch over my sins
3 1:15 Or has set a time for me / when he will
Lamentations 2
1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
2 2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt
j S Isa 42:25; Jer 21:4-5,14
k S Job 3:23; 16:13; La 3:12-13
3 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king
4 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.
o S Job 2:13; S Isa 3:26; Eze 27:30-31
u S Ps 119:145
5 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.
h S Dt 32:25; S 2Ch 36:17; Ps 78:62-63; Jer 6:11
Lamentations 3
1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.
u S Job 16:12; Ps 7:12-13; 38:2
a Ps 33:9-11; S Pr 19:21; S 21:30
r S Isa 24:17-18; S 51:19
s S Ps 119:136
Lamentations 4
1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
k Ps 102:3-5; S La 3:4
p Isa 34:6-10; S 63:6; Eze 35:15; Am 1:11-12; Ob 1:16; Hab 2:16
r S Ps 137:7; Eze 25:12-14; Mal 1:4
Lamentations 5
g S Isa 55:1; Eze 4:16-17
i S Ps 80:3; Isa 60:20-22