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Lamentations 1

1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

i ver 16; S Jer 30:14

a ver 21,22; S Ps 6:6; S 38:8

i S Ps 6:6; S 38:8

l ver 18

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

b S ver 2; Jer 13:17; 14:17

i ver 12

p S ver 8

r S ver 8; S Ps 6:6; S 38:8

s ver 4

w S ver 8; S Ps 6:6

Lamentations 2

1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

d ver 17; La 3:43

2 2:1 Or How the Lord in his anger / has treated Daughter Zion with contempt

3 2:3 Or off / all the strength; or every king

4 2:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.

q ver 2

a ver 18

e S Ne 1:3

s ver 19; Ps 22:14

r S ver 2; Eze 5:11; 7:9; 8:18

5 2:17 Horn here symbolizes strength.

v ver 8

a S ver 11; Isa 26:9

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.

g ver 19

s S La 2:4

a ver 19; Jer 9:15

c S Ps 7:5

d S ver 54; S Job 17:15

e ver 5

f S ver 15

f S Ps 25:1; S 28:2

i ver 66; Ps 35:6

l S ver 8; Zec 7:13

q S ver 43

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 5