American Standard Version
Lamentations 3:52
52They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.
Lamentations 3:52 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
- New International Version (NIV)Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause;
- New King James Version (NKJV)My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.
Context of Lamentations 3:52
50Till Jehovah look down, and behold from heaven. 51Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city. They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause. 53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me. 54Waters flowed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:52 word by word
צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:52
- Jeremiah 37:15And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
- Jeremiah 38:4Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
- 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah’s anointed.
- 1 Samuel 25:28Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.
- 1 Samuel 26:18And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hid for me their netina pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 69:4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
- Psalms 109:3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
- Psalms 119:161Princes have persecuted me without a cause; But my heart standeth in awe of thy words.
- Jeremiah 37:18Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
- John 15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:52
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 52Mine enemies chased me - From this to the end of the chapter the prophet speaks of his own personal sufferings, and especially of those which he endured in the dungeon. See Jeremiah 38:6, etc.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 52Or, “They who without cause are mine enemies have hunted me sore like a bird.” Probably the prophet is speaking of his personal sorrows.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 52-57This passage might refer to Jeremiah’s experience in the cistern (Jeremiah 37:11–15; 38:1–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 52-5452-54. a bird--which is destitute of counsel and strength. The allusion seems to be to Pr 1:17 [Calvin]. without cause--(Psa 69:4; 109:3, 4). Type of Messiah (Joh 15:25).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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