Lamentations 3:6

3:6 He has made me reside in deepest darkness 1 

like those who died long ago.

Lamentations 3:31

כ (Kaf)

3:31 For the Lord 2  will not

reject us forever. 3 

Lamentations 5:19

5:19 But you, O Lord, reign forever;

your throne endures from generation to generation.

1 tn The plural form of the noun מַחֲשַׁכִּים (makhashakkim, “darknesses”) is an example of the plural of intensity (see IBHS 122 §7.4.3a).

2 tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the tc note at 1:14.

3 tn The verse is unusually short and something unrecoverable may be missing.