New King James Version
Lamentations 3:43
43You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.
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 Living Translation (NLT)“You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down, and slaughtered us without mercy.
Context of Lamentations 3:43
41Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven. 42We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned. You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied. 44You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through. 45You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:43 word by word
סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Lamentations 3:43
- Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not remember His footstool In the day of His anger.
- Psalms 44:19But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
- Lamentations 3:66In Your anger, Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the Lord.
- Psalms 83:15So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.
- Lamentations 2:2The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the dwelling places of Jacob. He has thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.
- Ezekiel 7:9‘My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst. Then you shall know that I am the Lord who strikes.
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”
- Ezekiel 9:10And as for Me also, My eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their own head.”
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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