God’s Word Translation
Lamentations 3:66
66Pursue them in anger, and wipe them out from under the Lord’s heaven.”
Lamentations 3:66 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under your heavens, O Lord."
- New King James Version (NKJV)In Your anger, Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the Lord.
Context of Lamentations 3:66
64Pay them back, O Lord, for what they deserve, for what their own hands have done. 65Make them stubborn. Let your curse be on them. Pursue them in anger, and wipe them out from under the Lord’s heaven.”
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:66 word by word
תִּרְדֹּ֤ף בְּאַף֙ וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת שְׁמֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:66
- Lamentations 3:43You covered yourself with anger and pursued us. You killed without pity.
- Psalms 35:6Let their path be dark and slippery as the Messenger of the Lord pursues them.
- Psalms 73:15If I had said, “I will continue to talk like that,” I would have betrayed God’s people.
- Deuteronomy 7:24He will hand their kings over to you, and no one on earth will even remember their names. No one will be able to stop you. You will destroy them all.
- Deuteronomy 25:19So when the Lord your God gives you peace from all your enemies around you in the land that he is giving you as your own property, don’t forget to erase every memory of the Amalekites from the earth.
- Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will never be willing to forgive that person, because the Lord’s burning anger will smolder against him. All the curses described in this book will happen to him. The Lord will erase ⌞every memory of⌟ that person’s name from the earth.
- 2 Kings 14:27Since the Lord had said he was not going to wipe out Israel’s name completely, he saved them through Jeroboam, son of Jehoash.
- Jeremiah 10:11Tell them this: These gods will disappear from the earth and from under heaven because they didn’t make heaven and earth.
- Psalms 8:3When I look at your heavens, the creation of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place—
- Psalms 115:16The highest heaven belongs to the Lord, but he has given the earth to the descendants of Adam.
- Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne. The earth is my footstool. Where can you build a house or resting place for me?
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:66
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 66Persecute and destroy them - Thou wilt pursue them with destruction. These are all declaratory, not imprecatory. From under the heavens of the Lord - This verse seems to allude to the Chaldaic prediction, in Jeremiah 10:11. By their conduct they will bring on themselves the curse denounced against their enemies. The Septuagint and Vulgate seem to have read "From under heaven, O Jehovah:" and the Syriac reads, "Thy heavens, O Jehovah!" None of these makes…Read the comment
- 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. 64-66This prayer for vengeance is similar to several psalms (see “Prayers for Vengeance” Theme Note).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 64-6664-66. (Jr 11:20; 2Ti 4:14).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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