Lamentations 3:18 (GNV)

Passage

And I saide, My strength and mine hope is perished from the Lord,

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

Lamentations 3:17 Thus my soule was farre off from peace: I forgate prosperitie,

Lamentations 3:18 And I saide, My strength and mine hope is perished from the Lord,

Lamentations 3:19 Remembring mine affliction, and my mourning, the wormewood and the gall.

Lamentations 3:20 My soule hath them in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saide", "strength", "mine", "hope", "perished", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saide" and "strength", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "Thus my soule was farre off from..." into verse 19's "Remembring mine affliction and my mourning the...", so "saide" and "strength" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saide" and "strength" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.