The Meaning of Lamentations 3:42 Explained

Lamentations 3:42

KJV: We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

YLT: We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.

Darby: We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

ASV: We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

We  have transgressed  and have rebelled:  thou hast not pardoned. 

What does Lamentations 3:42 Mean?

Verse Meaning

He and his people had transgressed the covenant and had rebelled against the Lord, and He had not pardoned their sin but allowed them to experience judgment.

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:42 mean?

We have transgressed and rebelled You not have pardoned -
נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ ס

פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙  have  transgressed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural
Root: פָּשַׁע  
Sense: to rebel, transgress, revolt.
וּמָרִ֔ינוּ  and  rebelled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common plural
Root: מָרָה  
Sense: to be contentious, be rebellious, be refractory, be disobedient towards, be rebellious against.
סָלָֽחְתָּ  have  pardoned 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: סָלַח  
Sense: to forgive, pardon.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation