Lamentations 3:14
I became a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunting all day long. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
In Context
13He pierced my kidneys with the arrows of his quiver. 1
15He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood. 1
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:2In the presence of his brothers and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore the city for themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish the work in a day? Will they bring to life the stones from the piles of rubble after they were burned?
Job 30:9But now I have become the subject of their taunting song; 1 I have become a byword for them. 1
Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; 1 they gathered together against me, and I was surprised by them. 1 They tore at me without stopping. 1
Psalms 69:11When I made sackcloth my clothing, 1 I became the object of a proverb to them. 1
Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, 1 for we are filled with humiliation. 1
Jeremiah 20:7“Yahweh, you deceived me, and I was deceived. You are stronger than I, and you overpowered me. 1 I have become a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks 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 →