Lamentations 3 · Verse 65

Lamentations 3:65

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

Lamentations 3:65 in other translations

BSBPut a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
WEBYou will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
ASVThou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
YLTThou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
DARBYgive them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;
BBEYou will let their hearts be covered over with your curse on them.
WebsterGive them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.

What does Lamentations 3:65 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:64-66

64-66. (Jr 11:20; 2Ti 4:14).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 65 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 their hearts from thy fear. Blayney translates, "Thou wilt give with a hearty concordance thy curse unto them." That is, Thou wilt give it to them freely, and without reserve; intimating that God felt no longer any bowels of compassion for them. Formerly he inflicted punishments with reluctance, while there was any hope of amendment: but, in the instance before us, the case was so hopeless, that God acts according to the simple principle of vindictive justice. The prophet therefore considers them on the utmost verge of final reprobation: another plunge, and they are lost for ever.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:55-66

Faith comes off conqueror, for in these verses the prophet concludes with some comfort. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of mercy in petitions, and returning it in praises; it proves and maintains the spiritual life. He silenced their fears, and quieted their spirits. Thou saidst, Fear not. This was the language of God's grace, by the witness of his Spirit with their spirits. And what are all…

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Lamentations 3:65 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תִּתֵּ֤ןti.Tenyou will giveH5414
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto them
מְגִנַּת\־me.gi.nat-shamelessness ofH4044
לֵ֔בLevheartH3820
תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ta.'a.la.te.Khacurse yourH8381
לָהֶֽם\׃la.Hem[may it belong] to them

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 3:65

  • Isaiah 6:10

    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  • Deuteronomy 2:30

    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:22

    If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.

  • Psalms 109:17-18

    As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

  • Deuteronomy 27:15-26

    Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sorrow. or, obstinacy.
De 2:30; Isa 6:10
thy.
De 27:15-26; Ps 109:17,18; 1Co 16:22

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Context

  • Lamentations 3:64

    Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

  • Lamentations 3:65

    Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

  • Lamentations 3:66

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

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Lamentations 3:65 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dales ansia de corazón, tu maldición á ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Donne-leur un cœur cuirassé; ta malédiction soit sur eux!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gib ihnen Verblendung des Herzens, dein Fluch komme über sie!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dabis eis scutum cordis, laborem tuum.