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Lamentations 3:14
"I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day."
"Cruel were the mockings he was called upon to endure. His sensitive soul was pierced through and through by the arrows of derision hurled at him by those who despised his messages and made light of his burden for their conversion. “I was a derision to all my people,” he declared, “and their song all the day.” “I am in derision daily, everyone mocketh me.” “All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.” Lamentations 3:14 ; Jeremiah 20:7, 10 . PK 420.1"
Ellen White directly references Lamentations 3:14 in this passage.
Lamentations 3:22
"It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not."
"When called to drink of the cup of tribulation and sorrow, and when tempted in his misery to say, “My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord,” he recalled the providences of God in his behalf and triumphantly exclaimed, “It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” Lamentations 3:18, 22-26 . PK 421.1"
The EGW passage directly quotes Lamentations 3:22, making it an explicit allusion.
The sorrow of the prophet over the utter perversity of those who would have been the spiritual light of the world, his sorrow over the fate of Zion and of the people carried captive to Babylon, is revealed in the lamentations he has left on record as a memorial of the folly of turning from the counsels of Jehovah to human wisdom. Amid the ruin wrought, Jeremiah could still declare, “It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed;” and his constant prayer was, “Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.” Lamentations 3:22, 40 . While Judah was still a kingdom among the nations, he had inquired of his God, “Hast Thou utterly rejected Judah? hath Thy soul loathed Zion?” and he had made bold to plead, “Do not abhor us, for Thy name's sake.” Jeremiah 14:19, 21 . The prophet's absolute faith in God's eternal purpose to bring order out of confusion, and to demonstrate to the nations of earth and to the entire universe His attributes of justice and love, now led him to p…
EGW directly quotes Lamentations 3:22 and references Lamentations 3:40 and Jeremiah 14:19, 21, making this a clear explicit allusion.
"He whose “compassions fail not,” heard the prayer of His servant. Lamentations 3:22 . “It came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of My people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.” 2 Kings 20:4-6 . PK 341.3 Gladly the prophet returned with the words of assurance and hope. Directing that a lump of figs be laid upon the diseased part, Isaiah delivered to the king the message of God's mercy and protecting care. PK 342.1"
Ellen White directly references Lamentations 3:22 in this passage.
Lamentations 3:24
"The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him."
"When called to drink of the cup of tribulation and sorrow, and when tempted in his misery to say, “My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord,” he recalled the providences of God in his behalf and triumphantly exclaimed, “It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” Lamentations 3:18, 22-26 . PK 421.1"
The EGW passage directly quotes Lamentations 3:24, making it an explicit allusion.
Lamentations 3:26
"It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord."
"When called to drink of the cup of tribulation and sorrow, and when tempted in his misery to say, “My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord,” he recalled the providences of God in his behalf and triumphantly exclaimed, “It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.” Lamentations 3:18, 22-26 . PK 421.1"
The EGW passage directly quotes Lamentations 3:26, making it an explicit allusion.
Lamentations 3:33
"For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."
"The Saviour's words have a message of comfort to those also who are suffering affliction or bereavement. Our sorrows do not spring out of the ground. God “doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.” Lamentations 3:33 . When He permits trials and afflictions, it is “for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness.” Hebrews 12:10 . If received in faith, the trial that seems so bitter and hard to bear will prove a blessing. The cruel blow that blights the joys of earth will be the means of turning our eyes to heaven. How many there are who would never have known Jesus had not sorrow led them to seek comfort in Him! MB 10.2"
Ellen White directly references Lamentations 3:33 in this passage.
"“Thus you see I am still a spared monument of God's mercy and faithfulness in afflicting His children. He doth not willingly afflict nor grieve the children of men; but sometimes trials are needed as a discipline, to wean us from earth— And bid us seek substantial bliss Beyond a fleeting world like this. 1T 673.2"
The EGW passage directly quotes and references Lamentations 3:33, making the connection explicit.
Lamentations 3:40
"Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord."
"We need to be converted daily. Our prayers should be more fervent; then they will be more effectual. Stronger and stronger should be our confidence that God's Spirit will be with us, making us pure and holy, as upright and fragrant as the cedar of Lebanon.— Testimonies for the Church 7:250-252 . GW 272.4"
Both passages emphasize self-reflection and turning to God. Lamentations speaks of examining our ways and returning to the Lord, while EGW speaks of daily conversion and fervent prayer. The connection is thematic, focusing on repentance and seeking God.