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Lamentations 3:66

What does Lamentations 3:66 mean?

A plain-English look at Lamentations 3:66 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Lamentations 3:66 means

He asks Jehovah to pursue the enemies in anger and destroy them from under His heavens. This is a call for complete and final judgment upon unrepentant foes who have acted with sustained malice. Such petitions rest in the conviction that God’s justice secures His people’s future and vindicates His name. While severe, they entrust judgment to God, not to human revenge. The verse closes the chapter’s arc: from despair under God’s discipline, through hope in His faithfulness, to confidence that He will also deal righteously with those who oppress His people.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thau. Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

Context

The chapter ends with a strong imprecatory prayer. Coming after the confession of sin, the remembrance of God’s faithfulness, the call to repentance, and the testimony of answered prayer, this final appeal entrusts ultimate justice to Jehovah. It leaves the reader with a sober hope: God disciplines His own for their good and judges the wicked for His glory, and in both, His faithfulness stands.

v.65Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

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Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 35:6

    Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.

  • Psalms 115:16

    The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

  • 2 Kings 14:27

    And Jehovah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

  • Isaiah 66:1

    Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?

  • Deuteronomy 7:24

    And he will deliver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.

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