Lamentations 3:25 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁵The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Lamentations 3:25 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 7:7-8
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. …
Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Psalms 130:5-6
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. …
Psalms 37:34
Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Psalms 40:1-5
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Assurance Atheism Attributes of God Backsliders Believing Blessing Desire

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 21-36)

Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break. To save the heart from being quite broken, here is something called to mind, which gives ground for hope (Lam. 3:21), which refers to what comes…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 25)

25-27. The repetition of “good” at the beginning of each of the three verses heightens the effect. wait--(Is 30:18).