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Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/lamentations/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/lamentations/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/lamentations/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/lamentations/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/lamentations/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/lamentations/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember my misery and my homelessness, the wormwood and bitterness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/lamentations/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/lamentations/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/lamentations/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/lamentations/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Remember [O LORD] my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall (bitterness).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/lamentations/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/lamentations/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/lamentations/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/lamentations/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Just thinking of my troubles and my lonely wandering makes me miserable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/lamentations/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/lamentations/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Remember my suffering and my [aimless] wandering, the wormwood and poison.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/lamentations/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The thought of my pain, my homelessness, is bitter poison. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/lamentations/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and homelessness— wormwood and gall!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/lamentations/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/lamentations/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/lamentations/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/lamentations/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/lamentations/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/lamentations/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my mourning, "" Wormwood and gall!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/lamentations/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/lamentations/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Remembering my affliction and my bitterness, the wormwood and the poison.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/lamentations/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/lamentations/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />ZAIN. Remember my poverty and my transgression, the wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/lamentations/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The thought of my wretched homelessness is wormwood and poison; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/lamentations/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The thought of my affliction and my homelessness is wormwood and gall!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/lamentations/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Remember my affliction and my chastisement, the bitterness and the sorrow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/lamentations/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Zayin Remember my oppression and my chastisement of bitterness and of wormwood!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/lamentations/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, The wormwood and the gall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/lamentations/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />ZAIN. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/lamentations/3-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rKrWuOkEqzQ?start=803" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/lamentations/3.htm">Jeremiah's Hope</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: zə·ḵār- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">Remember</a> <a href="/hebrew/6040.htm" title="6040: ‘ā·nə·yî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Affliction, poverty. From anah; depression, i.e. Misery.">my affliction</a> <a href="/hebrew/4788.htm" title="4788: ū·mə·rū·ḏî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Restlessness, straying. From ruwd in the sense of maltreatment; an outcast; destitution.">and wandering,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3939.htm" title="3939: la·‘ă·nāh (N-fs) -- Wormwood. From an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood.">the wormwood</a> <a href="/hebrew/7219.htm" title="7219: wā·rōš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- (bitter and poisonous herb) venom. Or rowsh; apparently the same as ro'sh; a poisonous plant, probably the poppy; generally poison.">and the gall.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-6.htm">Psalm 42:6</a></span><br />O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Psalm 77:3</a></span><br />I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-11.htm">Job 7:11</a></span><br />Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/143-4.htm">Psalm 143:4</a></span><br />My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-4.htm">Psalm 102:4</a></span><br />My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Isaiah 38:14</a></span><br />I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-1.htm">Job 10:1</a></span><br />“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3</a></span><br />For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-20.htm">Psalm 69:20</a></span><br />Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-24.htm">Romans 7:24</a></span><br />What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-9</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-5.htm">2 Corinthians 7:5</a></span><br />For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.</p><p class="hdg">remembering.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-32.htm">Nehemiah 9:32</a></b></br> Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/7-7.htm">Job 7:7</a></b></br> O remember that my life <i>is</i> wind: mine eye shall no more see good.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-47.htm">Psalm 89:47,50</a></b></br> Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? … </p><p class="hdg">the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-5.htm">Lamentations 3:5,15</a></b></br> He hath builded against me, and compassed <i>me</i> with gall and travail… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Jeremiah 9:15</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, <i>even</i> this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/3-1.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Gall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-50.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-6.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-39.htm">Poison</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/psalms/103-18.htm">Remembering</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Root</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-1.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-15.htm">Wormwood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/lamentations/3-33.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-25.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-61.htm">Bitter</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-14.htm">Bitterness</a> <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">Gall</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-21.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-15.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/hosea/7-5.htm">Poison</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-20.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-19.htm">Remembering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-7.htm">Root</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-50.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Wandering</a> <a href="/amos/5-7.htm">Wormwood</a><div class="vheading2">Lamentations 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/3-1.htm">The prophet bewails his own calamities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/3-37.htm">He acknowledges God's justice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">55. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/3-55.htm">He prays for deliverance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">64. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/lamentations/3-64.htm">And vengeance on his enemies</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/lamentations/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Remember</b><br />The Hebrew root for "remember" is "זָכַר" (zakar), which implies more than just recalling a memory; it suggests an active, intentional bringing to mind. In the context of Lamentations, this plea is directed towards God, asking Him to be mindful of the speaker's suffering. This reflects a deep trust in God's awareness and compassion, a belief that God’s remembrance is tied to His action and intervention.<p><b>my affliction</b><br />The term "affliction" comes from the Hebrew "עֳנִי" (oni), which denotes poverty, misery, or suffering. This word captures the depth of the speaker's distress, both physical and emotional. Historically, this reflects the period of the Babylonian exile, a time of great suffering for the Israelites. Theologically, it underscores the human condition of suffering and the need for divine intervention.<p><b>and wandering</b><br />"Wandering" is translated from the Hebrew "מַשּׁוֹא" (mashoa), which can mean restlessness or aimlessness. This word paints a picture of the Israelites' displacement and lack of direction following the destruction of Jerusalem. It symbolizes spiritual and physical dislocation, a theme prevalent in the exile narrative, and serves as a metaphor for the soul's search for God amidst chaos.<p><b>the wormwood</b><br />"Wormwood" is derived from the Hebrew "לַעֲנָה" (la'anah), a bitter plant often associated with sorrow and calamity. In biblical literature, wormwood is a symbol of bitterness and divine judgment. Its mention here emphasizes the bitterness of the speaker's experiences and the pervasive sense of divine chastisement felt by the Israelites during their exile.<p><b>and the gall</b><br />The word "gall" comes from the Hebrew "רֹאשׁ" (rosh), which refers to a poisonous plant or bitter substance. This term is often used metaphorically in the Bible to describe extreme bitterness or suffering. In the context of Lamentations, it highlights the intense emotional and spiritual anguish experienced by the speaker, serving as a poignant reminder of the consequences of sin and the need for repentance and redemption.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/lamentations/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Remembering.</span>--The verb, which is rendered by the Authorised version as a gerundial infinitive, is better taken as an imperative, <span class= "ital">Remember mine affliction; </span>the prayer being addressed to Jehovah. The two terms of the first clause are taken from <a href="/lamentations/1-7.htm" title="Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.">Lamentations 1:7</a>. The mourner begins his prayer, as it were, by a recapitulation of his sufferings. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/69-21.htm" title="They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.">Psalm 69:21</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/lamentations/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 19-21.</span> - These verses prepare the way for a brief interval of calmness and resignation. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Remembering</span>; rather, <span class="accented">remember.</span> It is the language of prayer. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/lamentations/3-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Remember</span><br /><span class="heb">זְכָר־</span> <span class="translit">(zə·ḵār-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my affliction</span><br /><span class="heb">עָנְיִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·nə·yî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6040.htm">Strong's 6040: </a> </span><span class="str2">Affliction, poverty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wandering,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמְרוּדִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mə·rū·ḏî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4788.htm">Strong's 4788: </a> </span><span class="str2">An outcast, destitution</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wormwood</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲנָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3939.htm">Strong's 3939: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wormwood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the gall.</span><br /><span class="heb">וָרֹֽאשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(wā·rōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7219.htm">Strong's 7219: </a> </span><span class="str2">A poisonous plant, the poppy, poison</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/lamentations/3-19.htm">Lamentations 3:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/lamentations/3-19.htm">OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:19 Remember my affliction and my misery (Lam. 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