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Lamentations 3:61

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O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, and all their devices against me,

KJV

Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;

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This verse in Lamentations 3

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord,.... Their reproachful words uttered against the prophet and his people, against God himself; their spiteful language, their taunts, and scoffs and jeers: and all their imaginations against me; those he not only saw, as they appeared in their actions; but heard them, as they were expressed by their words; yea, they were manifest to him, while they only were in silent thought forming in the mind.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Lamentations · Written before 1274.

proposed

Third, is an accusation regarding sin from their mouth. The people here are accused of their sins. First, regarding the affliction in their shame: "Thou hast heard their taunts, O Lord, all their devices against me." Which declares, as if: there is no need for …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Some think Jeremiah makes these complaints, not only as an intercessor for Israel, but as a type of Christ, who was thought by some to be Jeremiah the weeping prophet, because he was much in tears ( Matt. xvi.

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The words behind it

6 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • שָׁמַ֤עְתָּyou have heard

    shama'taH8085 →1159 times

  • חֶרְפָּתָם֙reproach their

    cherpatamH2781 →73 times

  • יְהוָ֔הO Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םplans their

    machshevotamH4284 →

  • עָלָֽי׃on me

    ʾalaiH5921 →5755 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Lamentations 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!4 worksZephaniah 2:8“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.4 worksPsalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—4 worksPsalms 74:18Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.3 worksLamentations 3:30Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.2 worksNehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 5:1

    Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

    it leads to

    • Psalms 89:50–51

      Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 44:13–16

      You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

  • Through

    Lamentations 3:30

    Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

    it leads to

    • Job 16:10

      They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

    • Isaiah 50:6

      I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

    • Matthew 5:39

      But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

    • Matthew 26:67

      Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

  • Through

    Psalms 89:50

    Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—

    it leads to

    • Psalms 74:18

      Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

    • Psalms 74:22

      Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.

Where this verse is studied

About Lamentations

People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
People Mourn over the Destruction of Jerusalem, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Lamentations: the study guide →Read Lamentations 3 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.

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