Lamentations 3:14
I have been a laughing-stock to all my people, their song all the day.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
In Context
13He hath caused the sons of his quiver to pierce my reins.
15He hath filled me with bitterness; he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
Cross References
Job 30:9And now I am become their song; Yea, I am their by-word!
Psalms 35:15But at my fall they rejoice, and gather themselves together; Revilers whom I know not assemble themselves against me; They tear me without ceasing.
Psalms 69:11When I clothe myself in sackcloth, Then I become their by-word.
Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O LORD! have mercy upon us, For we are overwhelmed with contempt!
Jeremiah 20:7Thou didst persuade me, O Jehovah, and I was persuaded; Thou wast stronger than I, and didst prevail. But I am in derision daily, Every one mocketh me.
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 →