God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 3:14
14I have become a laughingstock to all my people. All day long ⌞they make fun of me⌟ with their songs.
Lamentations 3:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
- New International Version (NIV)I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have become the ridicule of all my people— Their taunting song all the day.
Context of Lamentations 3:14
12He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows. 13He has shot the arrows from his quiver into my heart. I have become a laughingstock to all my people. All day long ⌞they make fun of me⌟ with their songs. 15He has filled me with bitterness. He has made me drink wormwood. 16He has ground my teeth with gravel. He has trampled me into the dust.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:14 word by word
הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙ לְכָל־עַמִּ֔י נְגִינָתָ֖ם כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:14
- Lamentations 3:63Look at them! Whether they are sitting or standing, they make fun of me in their songs.
- Nehemiah 4:2In front of his allies and the army from Samaria, he said, “What do these miserable Jews think they’re doing? Can they rebuild it by themselves? Are they going to offer sacrifices? Can they finish it in a day? Will they get the stones out of the rubbish heaps, burned as these stones are, and give them new strength?”
- Job 30:1“But now those who are younger than I am laugh at me. I didn’t think their fathers were fit to sit with the dogs of my flock.
- Psalms 22:6Yet, I am a worm and not a man. I am scorned by humanity and despised by people.
- Psalms 35:15Yet, when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together. They gathered together against me. Unknown attackers tore me apart without stopping.
- Psalms 44:13You made us a disgrace to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
- Psalms 69:11I dressed myself in sackcloth, but I became the object of ridicule.
- Psalms 79:4We have become a disgrace to our neighbors, an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
- Psalms 123:3Have pity on us, O Lord. Have pity on us because we have suffered more than our share of contempt.
- Psalms 137:3It was there that those who had captured us demanded that we sing. Those who guarded us wanted us to entertain them. ⌞They said,⌟ “Sing a song from Zion for us!”
- Jeremiah 20:7O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived. You overpowered me and won. I’ve been made fun of all day long. Everyone mocks me.
- Jeremiah 48:27People of Moab, didn’t you laugh at the people of Israel? Were they caught among thieves? Whenever you talk about them you shake your heads in contempt.
- Matthew 27:39Those who passed by insulted him. They shook their heads
- 1 Corinthians 4:9As I see it, God has placed us apostles last in line, like people condemned to die. We have become a spectacle for people and angels to look at.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Having dwelt upon the difficulties which hemmed in his path, he now shows that there are dangers attending upon escape. Lamentations 3:11 The meaning is, “God, as a lion, lying in wait, has made me turn aside from my path, but my flight was in vain, for springing upon me from His ambush lie has torn me in pieces.” Desolate - Or, astonied, stupefied that he cannot flee. The word is a favorite one with Jeremiah. Lamentations 3:12 This new…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-66La 3:1-66. Jeremiah proposes his own experience under afflictions, as an example as to how the Jews should behave under theirs, so as to have hope of a restoration; hence the change from singular to plural (La 3:22, 40-47). The stanzas consist of three lines, each of which begins with the same Hebrew letter. Aleph. 1-3. seen affliction--his own in the dungeon of Malchiah (Jr 38:6); that of his countrymen also in the siege. Both were types of that of…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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