God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 3:61
61Listen to their insults, all their plots against me.
Lamentations 3:61 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You have heard their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have heard their reproach, O Lord, All their schemes against me,
Context of Lamentations 3:61
59Look at the wrong that has been done to me, O Lord. Give me a fair verdict. 60Look at all their malice, all their plots against me. Listen to their insults, all their plots against me. 62The words and thoughts of those who attack me are directed against me all day long. 63Look at them! Whether they are sitting or standing, they make fun of me in their songs.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:61 word by word
שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:61
- Lamentations 3:30They should turn their cheeks to the one who strikes them and take their fill of insults.
- Lamentations 5:1“Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us. Take a look at our disgrace!
- Psalms 74:18Remember how the enemy insulted you, O Lord. Remember how an entire nation of godless fools despised your name.
- Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, how your servant has been insulted. Remember how I have carried in my heart ⌞the insults⌟ from so many people.
- Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the insults from Moab and the mockery from Ammon. They insulted my people and bragged about their territory.
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:61
- 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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