Lamentations 3:66
in Lamentations 3You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
KJV
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
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This verse in Lamentations 3
Commentary
5 notes on this versePersecute and destroy them in anger,.... As they have persecuted the people of God, do thou persecute them; and never leave pursuing them untie thou hast made a full end of them, as the effect of vindictive wrath and vengeance: from under the heavens of the Lord; which are made by him, and in which he dwells; let them not have the benefit of them, nor so much as the sight of them; but let them perish from under them, Jer 10:11.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Vindication from adversaries is here sought. This is due to a security from prayers heard, and vindication considered. Such is also from their foretelling, than their praying. Thus, two more notions are given: "Thou wilt requite them, O Lord, according to the work of their …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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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Persecute - Many passages of this nature which we meet with are prophecies, some of them may be both prophecies and prayers.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Persecute 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 Jer 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 any material change in the meaning of the words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תִּרְדֹּ֤ף | tirdof | you will pursue [them] | H7291 → | 143 times |
| בְּאַף֙ | beaf | in anger | H639 → | 276 times |
| וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם | vetashmidem | and you will destroy them | H8045 → | |
| מִתַּ֖חַת | mitachat | from under | H8478 → | |
| שְׁמֵ֥י | shemei | [the] heavens of | H8064 → | 421 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
תִּרְדֹּ֤ףyou will pursue [them]
tirdofH7291 →143 times
בְּאַף֙in anger
beafH639 →276 times
וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔םand you will destroy them
vetashmidemH8045 →
מִתַּ֖חַתfrom under
mitachatH8478 →
שְׁמֵ֥י[the] heavens of
shemeiH8064 →421 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Psalms 115:16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
it leads to
- Psalms 89:11
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 8:6
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- Genesis 1:28–30
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature…
- Jeremiah 27:5–6
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Psalms 89:11
Through
Psalms 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
it leads to
- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- Psalms 111:2
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
- Psalms 104:19
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
- Genesis 1:1
Where this verse is studied
About Lamentations
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.