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A Deliberate Turn to Hope
Commentators emphasize that this verse marks a conscious pivot from despair. The phrase "This I recall to my mind" is an act of the will—a decision to stop dwelling on misery and instead bring something else to the forefront. As Albert Barnes notes, it's better translated as "This I will bring back to my heart." Hope doesn't just appear; it is actively pursued by choosing what to remember.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:21
18th Century
Theologian
This I recall - Rather, “This I will bring back to my heart, therefore I will hope.” Knowing that God hears the prayer of …
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:21
19th Century
Bishop
This I recall to my mind. —Better, This will I recall. The first gleam of hope breaks through the darkness. The sorrow has not be…
Charles Spurgeon
On Lamentations 3:18–21
19th Century
Preacher
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. My soul ha…
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John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:21
16th Century
Theologian
We see here what I have already stated: that if we struggle against temptations, it will be a sure remedy for us, because our faith will eventually…
John Gill
On Lamentations 3:21
17th Century
Pastor
This I recall to my mind Not affliction and misery, but the Lord's remembrance of his people; what he had been used to do…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:21–36
17th Century
Minister
Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that th…