Lamentations 3:19

New International Reader's Version

I remember how I suffered and wandered. I remember how bitter my life was.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:32

“Our God, you are the great God. You are mighty and wonderful. You keep the covenant you made with us. You show us your love. So don’t let all our suffering seem like a small thing to you. We’ve suffered greatly. So have our kings and leaders. So have our priests and prophets. Our people who lived long ago also suffered. And all your people are suffering right now. In fact, we’ve been suffering from the time of the kings of Assyria until today.

Job 7:7

God, remember that my life is only a breath. I’ll never be happy again.

Psalm 132:1

Lord, remember David and all the times he didn’t do what he wanted.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life is. You have created all people for such a useless purpose!

Psalm 89:50

Lord, remember how my enemies have made fun of me. I’ve had to put up with mean words from all the nations.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we sitting here? Let’s gather together! Let’s run to the cities that have high walls around them! Let’s die there! The Lord our God has sentenced us to death. He has given us poisoned water to drink. That’s because we’ve sinned against him.

Jeremiah 9:15

So now the Lord who rules over all speaks. He is the God of Israel. He says, “I will make these people eat bitter food. I will make them drink poisoned water.

Lamentations 3:15

The Lord has made my life bitter. He has made me suffer bitterly.

Lamentations 3:5

He has surrounded me and attacked me. He has made me suffer bitterly. He has made things hard for me.