Lamentations 3:40

נ (Nun)

3:40 Let us carefully examine our ways, ¹ 

and let us return to the Lord.

Lamentations 3:50

3:50 until the Lord looks down from heaven

and sees what has happened. ² 

[3:40]  ¹ tn Heb “Let us test our ways and examine.” The two verbs וְנַחְקֹרָה…נַחְפְּשָׂה (nakhpÿsah…vÿnakhqorah, “Let us test and let us examine”) form a verbal hendiadys in which the first functions adverbially and the second retains its full verbal force: “Let us carefully examine our ways.”

[3:50]  ² tn The phrase “what has happened” is added in the translation for smoother English style and readability.