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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/lamentations/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for 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="audio" id="audio"></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 /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/lamentations/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/lamentations/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/lamentations/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Remember my affliction and wandering</b><br>The speaker, traditionally understood to be the prophet Jeremiah, is calling upon God to remember his suffering and aimless journey. This reflects the broader context of the Book of Lamentations, which mourns the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC by the Babylonians. The term "affliction" suggests deep suffering and distress, often associated with divine judgment. "Wandering" may refer to the physical and spiritual dislocation experienced by the Israelites during the Babylonian exile. This phrase echoes the Israelites' historical experiences of wandering in the wilderness after the Exodus (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33</a>), highlighting a recurring theme of displacement and longing for divine intervention.<p><b>the wormwood and the gall</b><br>"Wormwood" is a bitter plant, often symbolizing sorrow and calamity in the Bible (<a href="/proverbs/5-4.htm">Proverbs 5:4</a>; <a href="/revelation/8-11.htm">Revelation 8:11</a>). "Gall" refers to a bitter substance, sometimes associated with poison or extreme bitterness (<a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18</a>; <a href="/matthew/27-34.htm">Matthew 27:34</a>). Together, these terms emphasize the intense bitterness and suffering experienced by the speaker. The imagery of bitterness is also prophetic, pointing to the suffering of Christ, who was offered gall to drink during His crucifixion (<a href="/matthew/27-34.htm">Matthew 27:34</a>). This connection underscores the theme of redemptive suffering, as Christ's afflictions bring hope and salvation, paralleling the lamenter's hope for divine mercy amidst suffering.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>Traditionally considered the author of Lamentations, Jeremiah is known as the "weeping prophet." He laments the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of his people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city that has been destroyed by the Babylonians, leading to the deep sorrow and lament expressed in the book.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The event that led to the destruction of Jerusalem and the subsequent suffering and displacement of the Jewish people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wormwood_and_gall.htm">Wormwood and Gall</a></b><br>Metaphors for bitterness and suffering. Wormwood is a bitter plant, and gall refers to a bitter substance, both symbolizing the depth of Jeremiah's anguish.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite the suffering, the context of <a href="/bsb/lamentations/3.htm">Lamentations 3</a> includes a profound declaration of God's faithfulness and mercy, which is central to the hope found amidst despair.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledging_suffering.htm">Acknowledging Suffering</a></b><br>It's important to recognize and express our pain and struggles honestly before God, as Jeremiah does.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/bitterness_and_healing.htm">Bitterness and Healing</a></b><br>The imagery of wormwood and gall reminds us of the bitterness of life’s trials, but also points us to the healing and hope found in God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Even in the midst of suffering, we are called to remember God's unchanging faithfulness and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_despair.htm">Hope in Despair</a></b><br>Lamentations teaches us that hope can coexist with despair, as we trust in God's promises and character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_lament.htm">Community Lament</a></b><br>The communal aspect of lament in Lamentations encourages us to support one another in times of collective suffering.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_lamentations_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Lamentations 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_a_cupbearer's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What does 'gall' mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_jer._9_15's_'wormwood'_be_historical.htm">Jeremiah 9:15 mentions God giving “wormwood” and “poisoned water” as judgment—can this be reconciled with known scientific or historical data? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'gall'_mean_in_the_bible.htm">What does "gall" mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_event_explains_wormwood's_bitter_waters.htm">In Revelation 8:10–11, what real-world event could explain a star named Wormwood making waters bitter and causing widespread death? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><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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