The Meaning of Lamentations 3:58 Explained

Lamentations 3:58

KJV: O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

YLT: Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.

Darby: Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.

ASV: O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Lamentations 3:58?

MEANING: What does Lamentations 3:58 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:58 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Lamentations 3:58?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

O Lord,  thou hast pleaded  the causes  of my soul;  thou hast redeemed  my life. 

What does Lamentations 3:58 Mean?

Study Notes

redeemed
Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type).
Redeemer
Redemption: Kinsman type, summary. The goel, or Kinsman-Redeemer, is a beautiful type of Christ.
(1) The kinsman redemption was of persons, and an inheritance Leviticus 25:48 ; Leviticus 25:25 ; Galatians 4:5 ; Ephesians 1:7 ; Ephesians 1:11 ; Ephesians 1:14
(2) The Redeemer must be a kinsman Leviticus 25:48 ; Leviticus 25:49 ; Ruth 3:12 ; Ruth 3:13 ; Galatians 4:4 ; Hebrews 2:14 ; Hebrews 2:15 .
(3) The Redeemer must be able to redeem Ruth 4:4-6 ; Jeremiah 50:34 ; John 10:11 ; John 10:18
(4) Redemption is effected by the goel paying the just demand in full Leviticus 25:27 ; 1 Peter 1:18 ; 1 Peter 1:19 ; Galatians 3:13 . (See Scofield " Exodus 14:30 ") See Scofield " Romans 3:24 "
come to Zion
The time when the "Redeemer shall come to Zion" is fixed, relatively, by Romans 11:23-29 as following the completion of the Gentile Church. That is also the order of the great dispensational passage, Acts 15:14-17 .
In both, the return of the Lord to Zion follows the outcalling of the Church.
come to Zion
The time when the "Redeemer shall come to Zion" is fixed, relatively, by Romans 11:23-29 as following the completion of the Gentile Church. That is also the order of the great dispensational passage, Acts 15:14-17 .
In both, the return of the Lord to Zion follows the outcalling of the Church.

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 3:58 mean?

You have pleaded Lord the case for my soul You have redeemed my life
רַ֧בְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֛י רִיבֵ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י גָּאַ֥לְתָּ חַיָּֽי

רַ֧בְתָּ  You  have  pleaded 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: רִיב  
Sense: to strive, contend.
אֲדֹנָ֛י  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
רִיבֵ֥י  the  case  for 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רִיב 
Sense: strife, controversy, dispute.
נַפְשִׁ֖י  my  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
גָּאַ֥לְתָּ  You  have  redeemed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: גְּאוּלִים 
Sense: to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman.
חַיָּֽי  my  life 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.

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