Text -- Lamentations 3:57 (NET)

3:57 You came near on the day I called to you; you said, “Do not fear!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Lam 3:57

¹ tn The verb could be understood as a precative (“Draw near”). The perspective of the poem seems to be that of prayer during distress rather than a testimony that God has delivered.

² tn The verb could be understood as a precative (“Say”).