Passage Research
Lamentations 3 — Sermon Preparation
The longest poem moves through the depths of personal suffering to the confession that the Lord's mercies are new every morning and his faithfulness is great. Below is a research summary for Lamentations 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 66
- verses
- 381 / 230
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 74
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Lamentations 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 6 | breathing creature, animal |
| גֶּבֶר | geber | H1397 | 4 | valiant, warrior |
| טוֹב | ṭôwb | H2896 | 5 | good |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 5 | see |
| אֲדֹנָי | ʼĂdônây | H136 | 4 | Lord |
| רִיב | rîyb | H7378 | 3 | toss, grapple |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 4 | turn, return |
How preachers through history handled this text
74 public-domain excerpts on Lamentations 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“34. To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 34. Ad conterendum sub pedibus suis omnes vinetos terrae, 35. To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, 35. Ad pervertendum (ad declinandum) judisium viri coram conspectu excelsi, 36. To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. 36. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 5, on Lamentations 3:34–36 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Lam 3:51
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