Lamentations 3:14

הָיִיתִי שְּׂחֹק לְכָל ־ עַמִּי נְגִינָתָם כָּל ־ הַיּֽוֹם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

In Context

13הֵבִיא בְּכִלְיוֹתָי בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ ׃

15הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרוֹרִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָֽה ׃ ס

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Cross References

Nehemiah 4:2וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ כֻלָּם יַחְדָּו לָבוֹא לְהִלָּחֵם בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וְלַעֲשׂוֹת לוֹ תּוֹעָֽה ׃

Job 30:9וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּֽה ׃

Psalms 35:15וּבְצַלְעִי שָׂמְחוּ וְֽנֶאֱסָפוּ נֶאֶסְפוּ עָלַי נֵכִים וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי קָֽרְעוּ וְלֹא ־ דָֽמּוּ ׃

Psalms 69:11וָאֶבְכֶּה בַצּוֹם נַפְשִׁי וַתְּהִי לַחֲרָפוֹת לִֽי ׃

Psalms 123:3חָנֵּנוּ יְהוָה חָנֵּנוּ כִּֽי ־ רַב שָׂבַעְנוּ בֽוּז ׃

Jeremiah 20:7פִּתִּיתַנִי יְהוָה וָֽאֶפָּת חֲזַקְתַּנִי וַתּוּכָל הָיִיתִי לִשְׂחוֹק כָּל ־ הַיּוֹם כֻּלֹּה לֹעֵג לִֽי ׃

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 →

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