Lamentations Chapter 3 — Great Is Thy Faithfulness Quiz Flashcards

#1

In Lamentations 3:22-23, what are described as 'new every morning'?

📖 Lamentations 3:22-23

#2

What type of poetic structure does Lamentations 3 employ?

📖 Lamentations 3:1-66

#3

According to Lamentations 3:27-28, what is described as good for a young man to bear?

📖 Lamentations 3:27-28

#4

In Lamentations 3:31-32, what reason is given for God not to reject His people permanently?

📖 Lamentations 3:31-32

#5

What does the speaker in Lamentations 3:19-20 say he cannot forget?

📖 Lamentations 3:19-20

#6

In Lamentations 3:40-41, what does the speaker encourage the people to do?

📖 Lamentations 3:40-41

#7

According to Lamentations 3:57-58, what did God do when the speaker cried out to Him?

📖 Lamentations 3:57-58

#8

In Lamentations 3:1, who is the speaker claiming has afflicted him?

📖 Lamentations 3:1

#2

An acrostic poem with three lines per letter

Lamentations 3 is an acrostic poem using the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, with three lines for each letter. This structured form is characteristic of Lamentations as a whole.

Lamentations 3:1-66

#1

God's mercies

Lamentations 3:22-23 states 'Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.' This verse forms the basis of the hymn 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness.'

Lamentations 3:22-23

#4

Because of His great love and compassion

Lamentations 3:31-32 states 'For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.' God's enduring compassion is the foundation for hope.

Lamentations 3:31-32

#3

The yoke in his youth

Lamentations 3:27-28 states 'It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.' The passage emphasizes endurance and submission during youth as spiritually beneficial.

Lamentations 3:27-28

#6

Examine their ways and return to the LORD

Lamentations 3:40-41 states 'Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven.' The passage calls for repentance and renewed faith.

Lamentations 3:40-41

#5

His affliction and wandering

Lamentations 3:19-20 reads 'I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.' The speaker dwells on his suffering and exile.

Lamentations 3:19-20

#8

The LORD

Lamentations 3:1 states 'I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the LORD's wrath.' The speaker attributes his suffering directly to God's discipline, a key theme in understanding the book's theology.

Lamentations 3:1

#7

He came near and said 'Do not fear'

Lamentations 3:57-58 states 'You came near when I called out to you; you said, "Do not fear." O Lord, you took up my case; you redeemed my life.' God's response is immediate and compassionate.

Lamentations 3:57-58

#9

What does Lamentations 3:25 say about those who seek the LORD?

📖 Lamentations 3:25

#10

According to Lamentations 3:39, what is inappropriate for a living man to complain about?

📖 Lamentations 3:39

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#10

The punishment for his sins

Lamentations 3:39 states 'Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?' The verse suggests that those who are alive should accept God's discipline for their transgressions rather than complain against it.

Lamentations 3:39

#9

The LORD is good to those who seek Him

Lamentations 3:25 states 'The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.' This verse emphasizes God's goodness toward those who earnestly seek Him.

Lamentations 3:25

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