Lamentations 3:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:19 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. Remembering: or, Remember" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:19 — KJV
“Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. Remembering: or, Remember”
— Lamentations 3:19 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:19 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:19
“Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:19: mine, affliction
“Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:19: affliction, remember
“Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; gall: or, a poisonous herb: Heb. rosh”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:19: wormwood, gall
“And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. a man...: Heb. seed of men”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:19: affliction, remember
“It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:19: mine, affliction
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