Lamentations 3:1

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Lamentations 3:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

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Psalms 88:15

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Psalms 88:16

Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.

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Jeremiah 15:17

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Jeremiah 15:18

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Jeremiah 20:15

Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.

Jeremiah 20:16

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Jeremiah 20:17

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Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.