Lamentations 3:3

“Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.”

"Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day." - Lamentations 3:3
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What does Lamentations 3:3 mean?

Lamentations 3:3 from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible reads: "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day." This verse comes from the book of Lamentations, which is traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah. The book is a…

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Finding God in Seasons of Sorrow

In the book of Lamentations, amidst its profound sorrow and reflection on suffering, we find a piercing line that resonates deeply with the struggles of the human heart: "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day" (Lamentations 3:3, KJV). This…

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A Prayer for Comfort in Times of Affliction

Heavenly Father, As I come before You in this moment of prayer, I am reminded of the profound truth found in Lamentations 3:3, which says, "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day." Lord, these words echo the deep anguish of the heart, a cry…

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Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
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 3:29 - "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 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:49 - "Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,"
Lamentations 3:45 - "Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people."
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 3:63 - "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 3:46 - "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us."
Lamentations 3:42 - "We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned."
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."
Lamentations 3:6 - "He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old."
Lamentations 3:22 - "¶ It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not."