Lamentations 3:14
I was a derision to kol ami; 1 and their + 3:14 mocking song kol hayom. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 arrows of His quiver 1 to enter into my organs. 1
15He hath filled me with merorim (bitter herbs); 1 He hath made me drunk with suffering. 1
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:2And they plotted all of them together to come and to fight against Yerushalayim, and to hinder it.
Job 30:9And atah (now) am I their mocking song, 1 yea, I am their byword. 1
Psalms 35:15But at mine stumbling they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; 1 yes, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I had no da'as; 1 they did tear at me, + 35:15 with slander and ceased not: 1
Psalms 69:11When I wept, and chastened my nefesh in the tzom (fast), 1 that became my cherpot (reproaches). 1
Psalms 123:3Channenu Hashem, channenu; 1 for we are more than sated with buz (contempt). 1
Jeremiah 20:7Hashem, Thou hast induced me, 1 and I was induced; 1 Thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed; 1 I am a laughingstock all day long, 1 every one mocketh me. 1
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 →