The Meaning of Lamentations 3:57 Explained

Lamentations 3:57

KJV: Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

YLT: Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.

Darby: Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

ASV: Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou drewest near  in the day  [that] I called  upon thee: thou saidst,  Fear  not. 

What does Lamentations 3:57 Mean?

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 3:57 mean?

You drew near on the day I called on You and said not do fear -
קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אַל־ תִּירָֽא ס

קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙  You  drew  near 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
בְּי֣וֹם  on  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ  I  called  on  You 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular, second person masculine singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
אָמַ֖רְתָּ  and  said 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
תִּירָֽא  do  fear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation