Lamentations 3:64
Render unto them a gemul (recompence), Hashem, 1 according to the work of their hands. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
In Context
63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; 1 Ani (I) am their mocking song. 1
65Give them hardness of lev as thy curse unto them. 1
Cross References
Psalms 28:4Give to them according to their deeds, 1 and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; 1 give them after the work of their hands; 1 render to them their gemul (deserts). 1
Jeremiah 15:15Hashem, Thou knowest; 1 remember me, and visit me, 1 and take vengeance for me of my [pursuing] persecutors; 1 in Thy patient forbearance take me not away; 1 know that for Thy sake I have suffered cherpah (reproach). 1
Jeremiah 51:56Because the plunderer is come upon her, even upon Bavel, 1 and her gibborim are taken, 1 every one of their keshatot (bows) is broken; 1 for Hashem is El Gemulot ( Hashem the G-d of Recompense). 1 He shall surely repay. 1
Revelation 6:10And they cried out, saying, Rabbono shel Olam, HaKadosh and HaNe'eman, ad mosai (how much longer) is it to be until you judge and avenge dahmeinu (our blood) on the inhabitants of ha'aretz (the earth)? + 6:10 Ps 119:84; Zech 1:12; Dt 32:43 ; 2Kgs 9:7; Ps 79:10
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:56-66
God's Goodness Acknowledged; An Appeal to God. ( b. c. 588.) 55 I called upon thy name, O Lord , out of the low dungeon. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. 59 O Lord , thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. 61 Thou hast heard their… Read the whole commentary →