Lamentations 1:22 BSB

Lamentations 1:22

Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.

BSB

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ASV

Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

KJV

Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let all their wickedness come before thee - That is, Thou wilt call their crimes also into remembrance; and thou wilt do unto them by siege, sword, famine, and captivity, what thou hast done to me. Though thy judgments, because of thy long-suffering, are slow; yet, because of thy righteousness, they are sure. For my sighs are many - My desolations continue; and my heart is faint - my political and physical strength almost totally destroyed. Imprecations in the sacred writings are generally to be understood as declarative of the evils they indicate; or, that such evils will take place.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Our prayers may and must agree with God's word; and what day God has here called we are to call for, and no other. And though we are bound in charity to forgive our enemies, and to pray for them, yet we may in faith pray for the accomplishment of that which God has spoken against his and his church's enemies, that will not repent to give him glory.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Such prayers against foes are lawful, if the foe be an enemy of God, and if our concern be not for our own personal feeling, but for the glory of God and the welfare of His people. come before thee--so Re 16:19, "Babylon came in remembrance before God" (compare Ps 109:15).

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תָּבֹ֨א	ta.Vo'	may it come	H935 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3605 →
רָעָתָ֤ם	ra.'a.Tam	wickedness their	H7451 →
לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
וְעוֹלֵ֣ל	ve.'o.Lel	and deal severely	H5953 →
לָ֔מוֹ	la.mo	to them
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
עוֹלַ֛לְתָּ	o.Lal.ta	you have dealt severely	H5953 →
לִ֖י	li	to me
עַ֣ל	'al	on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
פְּשָׁעָ֑י	pe.sha.'Ai	transgressions my	H6588 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
רַבּ֥וֹת	ra.Bot	[are] many	H7227 →
אַנְחֹתַ֖י	'an.cho.Tai	groaning<s> my	H585 →
וְלִבִּ֥י	ve.li.Bi	and heart my	H3820 →
דַוָּֽי׃ פ	da.Vai	[is] faint	H1742 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Revelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
leads to
- Revelation 19:2
  For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her…
- Psalms 9:12
  For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Revelation 11:18
  The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your…
- Romans 12:19
  Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6–8
  After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Through
Jeremiah 10:25
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished…
leads to
- Psalms 79:6–7
  Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
- Jeremiah 8:16
  The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city…
- Psalms 14:4
  Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Lamentations

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Lamentations