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Time after Pentecost · Proper 8 · Year B

Lamentations 3:22-33

Job’s Reply to Zophar

June 27, 2027

Cry of Prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem, Ilya Repin
Cry of Prophet Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem, Ilya Repin, 1870
A student work by Repin, painted at the Academy: the prophet thrown down among broken stone in the dark, almost entirely in browns.The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.Ilya RepinThe leading Russian realist, whose crowd scenes carry an entire society in one canvas, and who taught a generation at the Academy.
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 5:21-43Mk 5:21-43
Epistle2 Cor. 8:1-9, 13-152 Cor 8:1-9, 13-15
Old TestamentLam. 3:22-33Lam 3:22-33
PsalterPs. 30Ps 30

Overview & Insights

“If a man dies, shall he live again?” (Job 14:14)

As the discussion comes to the end of the first cycle (Job 3–14), Job is not persuaded by the arguments of Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. All three of the friends agree that Job must repent of his sin and then God will restore him to the blessing he enjoyed previously. In the first part of this long speech of seventy-five verses, Job speaks to his friends (12:1–13:12). After a transitional section (13:13–19), in which Job decides to turn away from his friends, he addresses God (13:20–14:22). Job sees that his only hope is to argue his case before God, because he cannot convince his friends that he is innocent. In chapter 12, Job presents evidence from his observation of life that indicates God often acts in ways that do not fit the retribution principle, which the friends have insisted on using as their measure for evaluating Job’s situation.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Lamentations 3:22-33Working Preacher: Commentary on Lam 3:22-33 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the book's turn to hope.

Enduring Word: Lamentations 3Enduring Word: Lam 3 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Lamentations CommentariesPrecept Austin: Lam Commentaries Precept Austin

Collected verse-by-verse resources and commentators for Lamentations.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Lamentations 3:22BibleHub: Commentaries on Lam 3:22 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the great-is-thy-faithfulness verse.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Lamentations OverviewBibleProject: Lam Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the design and message of Lamentations.

Sefaria: Lamentations 3 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Lam 3 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Lamentations 3 InterlinearBibleHub: Lam 3 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

Questions preachers ask

What does Job ask in chapter 14?

From the depth of grief Job laments the brevity of human life and dares to hope, asking whether one who dies might live again.

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