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Lamentations 3:65

Lamentations 3:65
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Lamentations 3:55-66

A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lam 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - “The lowest pit” of Psa 88:6. Some consider that Ps. 69 was composed by Jeremiah, and is the prayer…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Give them sorrow of heart - They shall have a callous heart, covered with obstinacy, and thy execration. The former is their state, the latter their fate. This is the consequence of their hardening…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Lamentations 3:55-66

We may observe throughout this chapter a struggle in the prophet's breast between sense and faith, fear and hope; he complains and then comforts himself, yet drops his comforts and returns again to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

hardness or, as mg. blindness, Heb. covering. Cp. 2Co 3:15.

thy curse unto them dependent on "wilt give," or meaning, thy curse shall beunto them. Either of these explanations is more in accordance…

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