Lamentations 3:64
Pay back to them, Yahweh, according to what they have done. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
In Context
63Look at how they sit and then rise up; they mock me with their songs. 1
65You will let their hearts be shameless! May your condemnation be upon them! 1
Cross References
Psalms 28:4Give them what their deeds deserve and repay them what their wickedness demands, 1 repay them for the work of their hands and render to them their due. 1
Jeremiah 15:15Yahweh, you know! Remember me and help me. Bring vengeance for me against those who persecute me. 1 You are patient, but do not allow them to take me away; know that I suffer reproach for your sake. 1
Jeremiah 51:56For the destroyers have come against her—against Babylon!—and her warriors have been captured. 1 Their bows are broken, for Yahweh is the God of vengeance; he will surely carry out this repayment. 1
Revelation 6:10They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Ruler over all, holy and true, until you judge those who live on the earth, and until you avenge our blood?”
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 →