Lamentations 3 · Verse 66

Lamentations 3:66

Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord.
Lamentations 3:66, King James Version

Lamentations 3:66 in other translations

BSBYou will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
WEBYou will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
ASVThou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
YLTThou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!
DARBYpursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
BBEYou will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.
WebsterPersecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

What does Lamentations 3:66 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 66 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. It has already been noticed in the introduction, that this chapter contains a triple acrostic, three lines always beginning with the same letter; so that the Hebrew alphabet is thrice repeated in this chapter, twenty-two multiplied by three being equal to sixty-six.

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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 3:66 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.

תִּרְדֹּ֤ףtir.Dofyou will pursue [them]H7291
בְּאַף֙be.'Afin angerH639
וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔םve.tash.mi.Demand you will destroy themH8045
מִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatfrom underH8478
שְׁמֵ֥יshe.Mei[the] heavens ofH8064
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \פYah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for Lamentations 3:66

  • Psalms 8:3

    When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

  • Psalms 115:16

    The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

  • Lamentations 3:43

    Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

  • Deuteronomy 25:19

    Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

  • Jeremiah 10:11

    Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

  • Isaiah 66:1

    Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

  • 2 Kings 14:27

    And the Lord 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.

  • Psalms 35:6

    Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

  • Deuteronomy 7:24

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

  • Psalms 73:15

    If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Persecute.
43; Ps 35:6; 73:15
under.
De 7:24; 25:19; 29:20; 2Ki 14:27; Jer 10:11
heavens.
Ps 8:3; 115:16; Isa 66:1

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Context

  • 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 3:66 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Persíguelos en tu furor, y quebrántalos de debajo de los cielos, oh Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Poursuis-les dans ta colère et détruis-les de dessous les cieux de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Verfolge sie im Zorne und tilge sie unter Jehovas Himmel hinweg!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Persequeris in furore, et conteres eos sub cælis, Domine.