English Standard Version
Lamentations 3:52
52"I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My enemies, whom I have never harmed, hunted me down like a bird.
Context of Lamentations 3:52
50until the Lord from heaven looks down and sees; 51my eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the daughters of my city. "I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause; 53they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me; 54water closed over my head; I said, 'I am lost.'
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:52 word by word
צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:52
- Jeremiah 37:15And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.
- Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm."
- 1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.'
- 1 Samuel 25:28Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
- 1 Samuel 26:18And he said, "Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? What evil is on my hands?
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
- Psalms 69:4More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
- Psalms 109:3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
- Psalms 119:161Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
- Jeremiah 37:18Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, "What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?
- John 15:25But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: '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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