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Lamentations 3:62
62These people have been cruel to me. They attack me with cruel words every hour of the day.
Lamentations 3:62 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
- New International Version (NIV)what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day.
Context of Lamentations 3:62
60You know all the bad things that they did to me. And you know about all the bad things that they want to do to me. 61You have heard their cruel words against me, Lord. Yes, you know about all the bad things that they want to do to me. These people have been cruel to me. They attack me with cruel words every hour of the day. 63Look at them as they sing cruel things about me. They sing when they are sitting, and they sing when they are standing. 64Punish them for what they have done, Lord.
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שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:62
- Psalms 59:7They shout evil things, and their words hurt like swords. They think, ‘Nobody can hear what we say!’
- Psalms 140:3Their words hurt people, like the tongue of a snake. They bite with poison, like a dangerous snake. Selah
- Ezekiel 36:3So now prophesy to those mountains. Tell them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Your enemies attacked you from every side. They won against you, so that you belonged to other nations. People talked about you and they insulted you.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some people said, ‘We must find a way to stop Jeremiah. We do not need him. The priests will still be here to teach us. Wise men will still be here to give us advice. The prophets will still be here to give us God's messages. We should speak bad things against Jeremiah. Then we will not have to listen to him any more.’
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:62
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 55-66Verses 55-66 A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lamentations 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - “The lowest pit” of Psalm 88:6. Some consider that Jeremiah 38:6 note). Lamentations 3:56 Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies “Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,” i. e. to my cry for relief. Lamentations 3:58 God now appears as the prophet‘s next of kin, pleading the lawsuits of his soul…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 55-66Verses 55-66 Faith comes off conqueror, for in these verses the prophet concludes with some comfort. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life. He silenced their fears, and quieted their spirits. Thou saidst, Fear not. This was the language of God's grace, by the witness of his Spirit with their spirits. And what are all our sorrows, compared with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 58-66Jerusalem deserved punishment, but the enemies carried it out with undeserved cruelty. The writer calls upon God to punish them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 61-6361-63. their reproach--their reproachful language against me.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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