Grade 8: Book of Lamentations, Chapter 3

This list covers vocabulary from Chapter 3 of the Book of Lamentations, from the Tanakh: Jewish Publication Society 1917.
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  1. affliction
    a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
    I am the man that hath seen affliction
    By the rod of His wrath.
  2. travail
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
    He hath builded against me, and compassed me
    With gall and travail.
  3. desolate
    crushed by grief
    He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces;
    He hath made me desolate.
  4. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
    I am become a derision to all my people,
    And their song all the day.
  5. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
    And my soul is removed far off from peace,
    I forgot prosperity.
  6. compassion
    a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
    Surely the LORD’S mercies are not consumed,
    Surely His compassions fail not.
  7. salvation
    rescuing or protecting someone or something from harm
    It is good that a man should quietly wait
    For the salvation of the LORD.
  8. reproach
    disgrace or shame
    Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him
    Let him be filled full with reproach.
  9. multitude
    a large indefinite number
    For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion
    According to the multitude of His mercies.
  10. subvert
    cause the downfall of
    To crush under foot
    All the prisoners of the earth,
    To turn aside the right of a man
    Before the face of the Most High,
    To subvert a man in his cause,
    The Lord approveth not.
  11. transgress
    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    We have transgressed and have rebelled;
    Thou hast not pardoned.
  12. intermission
    a time during which something is temporarily stopped or delayed
    Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not,
    Without any intermission,
    Till the LORD look forth,
    And behold from heaven.
  13. redeem
    restore the honor or worth of
    O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul;
    Thou hast redeemed my life.
  14. vengeance
    harming someone in retaliation for something they have done
    Thou hast seen all their vengeance
    And all their devices against me.
  15. recompense
    payment or reward, as for service rendered
    Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD,
    According to the work of their hands.
Created on Fri Jul 24 12:25:20 EDT 2026 (updated Fri Jul 24 12:49:40 EDT 2026)

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