God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 3:43
43You covered yourself with anger and pursued us. You killed without pity.
Lamentations 3:43 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
- New International Version (NIV)“You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us, killing without pity;
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.
Context of Lamentations 3:43
41Let us raise our hearts and hands to God in heaven. 42“We have been disobedient and rebellious. You haven’t forgiven us. You covered yourself with anger and pursued us. You killed without pity. 44You covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer could get through it. 45You made us the scum and trash of the nations.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:43 word by word
סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:43
- Lamentations 2:1“Look how the Lord has covered the people of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s beauty from heaven to earth. He didn’t ⌞even⌟ remember his footstool on the day of his anger.
- Psalms 44:19Yet, you crushed us in a place for jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
- Lamentations 3:66Pursue them in anger, and wipe them out from under the Lord’s heaven.”
- Psalms 83:15the way fire burns a forest and flames set mountains on fire.
- Lamentations 2:2The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity. He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. He brought the kingdom ⌞of Judah⌟ and its leaders down to the ground in dishonor.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until the Lord became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.
- Ezekiel 7:9I will not have compassion or feel sorry. I will pay you back for the way you have lived and for the detestable things that you are still doing. Then you will know that I am the Lord and that I am the one attacking ⌞you⌟.
- Ezekiel 8:18So I will take action because I’m angry, and I won’t have compassion for them or feel sorry for them. Even if they shout in my ears, I won’t listen to them.”
- Ezekiel 9:10But I will not have compassion or feel sorry. I will do to them what they have done to others.”
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:43
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 43In verses 43-66, far from pardoning, God is still actively punishing His people. Rather, “Thou hast covered” Thyself “with wrath and pursued (Lamentations 1:3 note) us.” The covering (here and in Lamentations 3:44) is that of clothing and enwrapping.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. 1-66In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 43-4543-45. covered--namely, thyself (so La 3:44), so as not to see and pity our calamities, for even the most cruel in seeing a sad spectacle are moved to pity. Compare as to God "hiding His face," Psa 10:11; 22:25.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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