Revised Webster's Bible
Lamentations 3:63
63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.
Lamentations 3:63 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
- New International Version (NIV)Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the object of their taunts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.
Context of Lamentations 3:63
61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; 62The lips of those that rose up against me, and they plot against me all the day. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music. 64Render to them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. 65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
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שִׁבְתָּ֤ם וְקִֽימָתָם֙ הַבִּ֔יטָה אֲנִ֖י מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3:63
- 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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