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Lamentations 03 Translation Questions
Q? What does the writer say that Yahweh has turned against him all the day?
A. Yahweh's hand is turned against him all the day. [3:3]
Q? What does the writer say that Yahweh has built around him so that he cannot escape?
A. Yahweh has built a wall around him. [3:7]
Q? To what animal does the writer compare Yahweh and say that it is waiting to ambush him?
A. The writer describes Yahweh as a bear that is waiting to ambush him. [3:10]
Q? What has the writer become to all his people?
A. The writer has become a laughingstock to all his people. [3:14]
Q? What can the writer no longer remember since Yahweh has removed peace from his life?
A. The writer can no longer remember any happiness. [3:17]
Q? What is the writer's mood as he calls to mind his affliction?
A. The writer's mood is one of despair within himself as he calls to mind his affliction. [3:19-20]
Q? What does the writer say occurs afresh every morning?
A. The writer says that Yahweh's merciful actions occur afresh every morning. [3:23]
Q? What is Yahweh like toward the one who waits for him and to whose who wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh?
A. Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, and wait in silence for Yahweh's salvation. [3:25-26]
Q? How should a person sit because Yahweh has laid it upon him?
A. A person should sit alone and silent because Yahweh has laid it upon him. [3:26-28]
Q? What does Yahweh show, even though he brings grief?
A. Yahweh shows compassion even though he brings grief. [3:32]
Q? From where does Yahweh not oppress or torment the sons of men?
A. Yahweh does not oppress from his heart or torment the sons of men. [3:33]
Q? What two things come out of the mouth of the Most High?
A. Calamity and success come out of the mouth of the Most High. [3:38]
Q? What should the people lift up to God in the heavens when they test and examine their ways and turn back to Yahweh?
A. The people should lift up their hearts and their hands to God in the heavens. [3:40-41]
Q? What should the people admit that they have done against Yahweh as they pray?
A. They should admit that they have sinned and rebelled against Yahweh. [3:42]
Q? What does the writer say that Yahweh has made them to be among the peoples?
A. Yahweh has made them to be castoffs and refuse among the peoples. [3:45]
Q? How does the writer describe the tears that flow from his eyes?
A. His tears are streams of water that flow out from his eyes. [3:48-49]
Q? What does the writer say as his enemies hunt him and destroy his life in a well and place a stone over him?
A. He says, "I have been cut off!" [3:52-54]
Q? What did Yahweh tell the writer when he called on Yahweh's name and asked Yahweh to hear his cry for help?
A. Yahweh told him, "Do not fear!" [3:55-57]
Q? How does the writer ask Yahweh to judge his case?
A. He asks Yahweh to judge his case justly. [3:59]
Q? Of what is the writer the object from his enemies, whether in their sitting or their rising up?
A. He is the object of their mocking song. [3:63]
Q? What does the writer ask Yahweh to do to his enemies?
A. He asks Yahweh to pay back to them as much harm as what their hands have done. [3:64]
Q? What does the writer ask Yahweh to do to his enemies?
A. he asks Yahweh to pursue his enemies in his anger and destroy them everywhere under the heavens. [3:66]