Lamentations 3

“I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.” The line’s distinctive content terms include affliction, seen, wrath. Its relationship to verses 2 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.” The line’s distinctive content terms include darkness, light. Its relationship to verses 1 and 3 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.” Naming Surely keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.” The line’s distinctive content terms include bones, broken, flesh. Its relationship to verses 3 and 5 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.” The line’s distinctive content terms include builded, compassed, gall. Its relationship to verses 4 and 6 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.” The line’s distinctive content terms include dark, dead, places. Its relationship to verses 5 and 7 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.” The line’s distinctive content terms include chain, heavy, hedged. Its relationship to verses 6 and 8 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.” Naming Also keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.” The line’s distinctive content terms include crooked, hewn, inclosed. Its relationship to verses 10 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.” The line’s distinctive content terms include bear, lion, lying. Its relationship to verses 9 and 11 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.” The line’s distinctive content terms include aside, desolate, pieces. Its relationship to verses 10 and 12 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.” The line’s distinctive content terms include arrow, bent, mark. Its relationship to verses 11 and 13 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.” The line’s distinctive content terms include arrows, caused, enter. Its relationship to verses 12 and 14 shows what work it does in this passage.

“I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.” The line’s distinctive content terms include derision, people, song. Its relationship to verses 13 and 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.” The line’s distinctive content terms include bitterness, drunken, filled. Its relationship to verses 14 and 16 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.” The line’s distinctive content terms include ashes, broken, covered. Its relationship to verses 15 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.” The line’s distinctive content terms include forgat, peace, prosperity. Its relationship to verses 18 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD :” The line’s distinctive content terms include hope, LORD, perished. Its relationship to verses 17 and 19 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.” Naming Remembering keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.” The line’s distinctive content terms include humbled, remembrance, soul. Its relationship to verses 19 and 21 shows what work it does in this passage.

“This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.” The line’s distinctive content terms include hope, mind, recall. Its relationship to verses 20 and 22 shows what work it does in this passage.

“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.” The line’s distinctive content terms include compassions, consumed, fail. Its relationship to verses 21 and 23 shows what work it does in this passage.

“They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” The line’s distinctive content terms include faithfulness, morning. Its relationship to verses 22 and 24 shows what work it does in this passage.

“The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.” The line’s distinctive content terms include hope, LORD, portion. Its relationship to verses 23 shows what work it does in this passage.

“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” The line’s distinctive content terms include good, LORD, seeketh. Its relationship to verses 26 shows what work it does in this passage.

“It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD .” The line’s distinctive content terms include both, good, hope. Its relationship to verses 25 and 27 shows what work it does in this passage.

“It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.” The line’s distinctive content terms include bear, good, yoke. Its relationship to verses 26 and 28 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.” The line’s distinctive content terms include borne, keepeth, silence. Its relationship to verses 27 and 29 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.” The line’s distinctive content terms include dust, hope, mouth. Its relationship to verses 28 and 30 shows what work it does in this passage.

“He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.” The line’s distinctive content terms include cheek, filled, full. Its relationship to verses 29 and 31 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For the Lord will not cast off for ever:” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.” The line’s distinctive content terms include cause, compassion, grief. Its relationship to verses 31 shows what work it does in this passage.

“For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,” The line’s distinctive content terms include crush, earth, feet. Its relationship to verses 33 and 35 shows what work it does in this passage.

“To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,” Naming High keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.” The verse names Lord rather than leaving the action without a source. Watch whether the next line continues, answers, or contrasts that action.

“Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD .” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.” The line’s distinctive content terms include pardoned, rebelled, transgressed. Its relationship to verses 41 and 43 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.” Naming All keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.” Naming Fear keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.” Naming Mine keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,” Naming Mine keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.” Naming Till keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.” Naming Mine keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.” Naming Mine keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.” The line’s distinctive content terms include dungeon, life, stone. Its relationship to verses 52 and 54 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.” Naming Waters keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“I called upon thy name, O LORD , out of the low dungeon.” The line’s distinctive content terms include dungeon, LORD, name. Its relationship to verses 54 and 56 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.” Naming Fear and Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.” The verse names Lord rather than leaving the action without a source. Watch whether the next line continues, answers, or contrasts that action.

“O LORD , thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.” The line’s distinctive content terms include cause, judge, LORD. Its relationship to verses 58 and 60 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD , and all their imaginations against me;” Naming Thou keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.” The line’s distinctive content terms include device, lips, rose. Its relationship to verses 61 and 63 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.” The line’s distinctive content terms include musick, rising, sitting. Its relationship to verses 62 and 64 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Render unto them a recompence, O LORD , according to the work of their hands.” Naming Render keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.” Naming Give keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD .” Naming Persecute keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.