Lamentations 3:18

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

"And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:" - Lamentations 3:18
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What does Lamentations 3:18 mean?

The verse Lamentations 3:18 from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible reads, "And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord." This verse is part of the book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poetic laments over the destruction of Jerusalem and the…

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When Hope Seems Lost: A Devotional Reflection on Lamentations 3:18

In the book of Lamentations, we delve into the depths of sorrow and despair experienced by the people of Israel after the destruction of Jerusalem. The verse Lamentations 3:18 poignantly encapsulates the heart of their mourning: "And I said, My strength and my hope is perished…

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Restoration of Hope and Strength Through the Lord

O Gracious and Merciful God, In the stillness of this sacred moment, I come before Thee, aching in spirit and heavy in heart. Your Word, as written in Lamentations 3:18, resonates deep within me: "And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD." In these words, I…

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Lamentations 3:23 - "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:3 - "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day."
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:47 - "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 3:34 - "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,"
Lamentations 3:50 - "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven."
Lamentations 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:29 - "He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Lamentations 3:2 - "He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light."
Lamentations 3:21 - "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope."
Lamentations 3:45 - "Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people."
Lamentations 3:49 - "Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,"
Lamentations 3:20 - "My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me."
Lamentations 3:35 - "To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,"
Lamentations 3:46 - "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us."
Lamentations 3:63 - "Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick."
Lamentations 3:33 - "For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."
Lamentations 3:65 - "Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them."
Lamentations 3:66 - "Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD."