Lamentations 3:43
in Lamentations 3You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
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ASV
Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
KJV
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
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This verse in Lamentations 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In verses 43-66, far from pardoning, God is still actively punishing His people. Rather, “Thou hast covered” Thyself “with wrath and pursued (Lam 1:3 note) us.” The covering (here and in Lam 3:44) is that of clothing and enwrapping.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, regarding the people's afflictions, their sins are exposed. "Thou hast wrapped thyself with anger and pursued us, slaying without pity." That is, first by diverse tribulations. And finally: "slaying without pity." For, Proverbs 6:34 claims: "For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Their enemies persecuted and slew them, but that was not the worst of it; they were but the instruments in God's hand: " Thou hast persecuted us, and thou hast slain us, though we expected thou wouldst protect and deliver us." They complain that there was a wall of partition between them and God, and, (1.) This hindered God's favours from coming down upon them.
Thou hast covered with anger,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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," Ps 10:11;
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The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| סַכֹּ֤תָה | sakotah | you have covered yourself | H5526 → | |
| בָאַף֙ | vaaf | with <the> anger | H639 → | 276 times |
| וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ | vatirdefenu | and you have pursued us | H7291 → | 143 times |
| הָרַ֖גְתָּ | haragta | you have killed | H2026 → | 167 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ | chamalta | you have spared | H2550 → | 41 times |
סַכֹּ֤תָהyou have covered yourself
sakotahH5526 →
בָאַף֙with <the> anger
vaafH639 →276 times
וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּand you have pursued us
vatirdefenuH7291 →143 times
הָרַ֖גְתָּyou have killed
haragtaH2026 →167 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
חָמָֽלְתָּ׃you have spared
chamaltaH2550 →41 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Lamentations 2:17The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 5:11
Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon…
- Psalms 89:42
You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
- Lamentations 1:5
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
- Ezekiel 5:11
Through
Lamentations 2:21Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have…
it leads to
- Zechariah 11:6
For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king,…
- 2 Chronicles 36:17
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God…
- Zechariah 11:6
Through
Psalms 83:15so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
it leads to
- Job 9:17
For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
- Psalms 50:3
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
- Job 9:17
Through
Lamentations 3:66You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 8:3
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
- Psalms 8:3
Where this verse is studied
About Lamentations
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.