Tree of Life Version
Lamentations 3:66
66Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of Adonai.
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 what they deserve, Adonai, according to the work of their hands. 65Give them a distraught heart. May Your curse be on them. Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of Adonai.
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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 have slain without pity.
- Psalms 35:6May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Adonai pursuing them.
- Psalms 73:15If I had said: “I will speak thus,” surely I would have betrayed a generation of Your children.
- Deuteronomy 7:24He will hand over their kings to you, and you will blot out their name from under the heavens. No man will stand up to you, until you have destroyed them all.
- Deuteronomy 25:19Now when Adonai your God grants you rest from all the enemies surrounding you in the land Adonai your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. Do not forget!
- Deuteronomy 29:20Adonai will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, according to all the oaths of the covenant written in this scroll of the Torah.
- 2 Kings 14:27But Adonai did not say He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so He delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Joash.
- Jeremiah 10:11Thus you will say to them: “The gods—which did not make the heavens and the earth—will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
- Psalms 8:3Out of the mouths of babies and toddlers You established power, because of Your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
- Psalms 115:16The heavens are the heavens of Adonai, but the earth He gave to the children of men.
- Isaiah 66:1Thus says Adonai: “Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is the House you would build for Me? Where is the place of My rest?
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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