Lamentations 3:24
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:24 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:24 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:24 — KJV
“The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.”
— Lamentations 3:24 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:24 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 3:24
“Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. blood: Heb. bloods plat: or, portion”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:24: lord, portion, saith
“Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; out...: Heb. out of the midst of Judah”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:24: lord, saith, soul
“Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:24: lord, soul, therefore
“The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:24: lord, soul, therefore
“We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. gotten: Heb. found”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:24: lord, soul, therefore
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