Lamentations 3:14
I became a laughingstock to all my people; 1 And their song all the day. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
In Context
13He has caused the arrows of his quiver 1 To enter into my reins. 1
15He has filled me with bitterness, 1 He has drenched me with gall. 1
Cross References
Job 30:9But now I am their music, 1 And they have me for a byword. 1
Psalms 123:3Verily they would have swallowed us up alive, 1 When their wrath was kindled against us: 1
Jeremiah 20:7Thou hast deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: thou hast been strong, and hast prevailed: I am become a laughingstock, I am continually mocked every day.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →