Lamentations 3:42 (GNV)

Passage

We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:40 Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.

Lamentations 3:41 Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.

Lamentations 3:42 We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.

Lamentations 3:43 Thou hast couered vs with wrath, and persecuted vs: thou hast slaine and not spared.

Lamentations 3:44 Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloude, that our prayer should not passe through.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "sinned", "rebelled", "therefore", "thou", "hast", and "spared". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "sinned", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 41's "Let vs lift vp our hearts with..." into verse 43's "Thou hast couered vs with wrath and...", so "haue" and "sinned" 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 "haue" and "sinned" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.