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Lamentations 3:1-3
Modern English Version

The Prophet’s Anguish

3 I am the man who has seen affliction
    by the rod of His wrath.
2 He has driven and brought me
    into darkness without any light.
3 Surely against me has He turned His hand
    continually, the whole day long.

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Lamentations 3:1-3
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3 [a]I am the man who has seen affliction(A)
    by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.(B)
2 He has driven me away and made me walk
    in darkness(C) rather than light;
3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me(D)
    again and again, all day long.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.
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