Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 3 connects to 6 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
Other Translations
And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.
Cross References
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing …
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our …
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of …