רחמיו׃ Transliteration: - - . "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed" literally, "The Lord's mercies that we are not consumed" (Hebrew: חסדי יהוה כי לא־תמנו -). The word "we" is unclear, especially considering that in verse 23 (which is clearly parallel) the subject of the sentence is "the Lord's mercies," not "we," so probably the reading of the Targum and the Peshitta (as adopted by Thenius, Ewald, and Bickell) is correct, "The Lord's mercies, verily they cease not" (tammu for tamnu). An example of a change from singular to plural, compare also . Verse 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Cross reference: ; Verse 23 in Hebrew חדשים לבקרים רבה אמונתך׃ Transliteration la-, . Verse 24 "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!" "The Lord is my Portion": "My portion is Yahweh," see ; a reminiscence of (compare ; ; ; ). Having God for "our portion" is the "one only foundation of hope". Verses 46–51 In , two initial letters, "Ayin" and "Pe", are transposed. This is found is three instances in the whole book (Lamentations 2:16–17; 3:46-51; 4:16–17). Grotius thinks the reason for the inversion of two of the Hebrew letters, is that the Chaldeans, like the Arabians, used a different order from the Hebrews; in the first Elegy (chapter), Jeremiah speaks as a Hebrew, in the following ones, as one subject to the Chaldeans, but Fausset thinks it is doubtful. See also Jacob Judah Jerusalem Zion Related Bible parts: Isaiah 10, Lamentations 2 Notes References Sources External links Jewish Lamentations 3 Hebrew with Parallel English Lamentations 3 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary Christian Lamentations 3 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate 03