Lamentations 3:18
"And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And I said, my strength and my hope are perished from the Lord. The former of these words signifies, according to Aben Ezra, "my standing", my subsistence, my continuance in being, or my perpetuity; according to Jarchi, my abiding

(r) in this world; it is rendered "blood" in Isa 63:3 ; which is the support of life; and which when gone, or ceases to circulate, a man ceases to be: the sense is, that the prophet, or those he represents, looked upon themselves as dead men, at least of a short continuance; their natural strength was exhausted, and they must quickly die, and had no hope of living, or of enjoying the divine favour, or good things, at the hand of God. Some understand it of spiritual strength to do good, and of hope of having good things, or deliverance from the hand of God, which they were despairing of; for the words are the language of despondency, and betray great, weakness and infirmity; for in the Lord is everlasting strength, and he is the hope of his people, and the Saviour of them in time of trouble, Isa 26:4 . (r) "duratio mea", Montanus; "perennitas mea", Cocceius.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (5 words)

H0559 אָמַר
Definition:

1+, etc.;ImperfectיאֹמַרGenesis 31:8+;וַיּאֹ֫מֶרGenesis 1:3+;וַיּאֹמַ֑רGenesis 14:19+; in Job alwaysוַיּאֹ֑מַרJob 3:2+; 3 feminine singularתּאֹמַרGenesis 21:12+;תּאֹמֵר֑Proverbs 1:21; 1singularאֹמַרGe 1+, etc.;ImperfectיאֹמַרGenesis 31:8+;וַיּאֹ֫מֶרGenesis 1:3+;וַיּאֹמַ֑רGenesis 14:19+; in Job alwaysוַיּאֹ֑מַרJob 3:2+; 3 feminine singularתּאֹמַרGenesis 21:12+;תּאֹמֵר֑Proverbs 1:21; 1singularאֹמַרGe

Possible Meanings:
  • lamb (semantic_range)
H0006 אָבַד
Definition:

30+;אָֽבְדוּPsalm 10:16+ (+Ezekiel 6:3ᵐ5Co) etc.;ImperfectיאֹבַדJob 3:3;Jeremiah 4:9;יאֹבֵ֑דּJob 20:72t.; 3 feminine singularתּאֹבַדDeuteronomy 22:34t.;תּאֹבֵ֑דJob 8:133t.;יאֹבְדוּJudges 5:313t.;יאֹבֵ 30+;אָֽבְדוּPsalm 10:16+ (+Ezekiel 6:3ᵐ5Co) etc.;ImperfectיאֹבַדJob 3:3;Jeremiah 4:9;יאֹבֵ֑דּJob 20:72t.; 3 feminine singularתּאֹבַדDeuteronomy 22:34t.;תּאֹבֵ֑דJob 8:133t.;יאֹבְדוּJudges 5:313t.;יאֹבֵ

Possible Meanings:
  • perish (semantic_range)
  • they shall perish (semantic_range)
  • destroy (semantic_range)
  • be destroyed (semantic_range)
H5331 נֶצַח
Definition:

18eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity(לנצחEcclus 40:14 as 4 below); —נֵ֫צַח1 Samuel 15:293t.;נֶ֫צַחAmos 1:1136t.; suffixנִצְחִיLamentations 3:18; pluralנְצָחִים34:10; —1eminence:נצח ישׂראל 18eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity(לנצחEcclus 40:14 as 4 below); —נֵ֫צַח1 Samuel 15:293t.;נֶ֫צַחAmos 1:1136t.; suffixנִצְחִיLamentations 3:18; pluralנְצָחִים34:10; —1eminence:נצח ישׂראל

Possible Meanings:
  • distinguish oneself (semantic_range)
H8431 תּוֹחֶלֶת
Definition:

12; constructid.Proverbs 10:28;Proverbs 11:7; suffixתּוֺחַלְתִּיPsalm 39:8;Lamentations 3:18;תֹּחַלְתּוֺJob 41:1; —hope, followed by subject GenitiveJob 41:1;Proverbs 10:28;Proverbs 11:7;Lamentations 12; constructid.Proverbs 10:28;Proverbs 11:7; suffixתּוֺחַלְתִּיPsalm 39:8;Lamentations 3:18;תֹּחַלְתּוֺJob 41:1; —hope, followed by subject GenitiveJob 41:1;Proverbs 10:28;Proverbs 11:7;Lamentations

H3068 יְהוָֹה
Definition:

7;Leviticus 24:11יהוהwas regarded as anomen ineffabile(see Philode Vita Mosis iii. 519, 529), called by the Jewsהַשֵּׁםand by the Samaritansשׁימא. The pronunciationJehovahwas unknown until 1520, when 7;Leviticus 24:11יהוהwas regarded as anomen ineffabile(see Philode Vita Mosis iii. 519, 529), called by the Jewsהַשֵּׁםand by the Samaritansשׁימא. The pronunciationJehovahwas unknown until 1520, when

Possible Meanings:
  • Yahweh (semantic_range)
  • the one bringing into being (semantic_range)
  • life-giver (semantic_range)

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