Lamentations 3:43
Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us, hast slain—hast not spared;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
In Context
42We, have trespassed and rebelled, Thou, hast not pardoned.
44Thou hast screened thyself with the clouds, that prayer, should not pass through;
Cross References
Psalms 44:19That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
Psalms 83:15So, wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest,—And, with thy storm-wind, wilt terrify them:
Lamentations 2:17Yahweh hath done what he thought, hath carried out his word, wherewith he gave charge in the days of old, hath thrown down, and not spared,—Thus hath he let the enemy rejoice over thee, hath raised high the horn of thine adversaries.
Lamentations 3:8Yea, when I make outcry and implore, he hath shut out my prayer;
Ezekiel 7:9And mine eye shall not shield thee Neither will I have pity,— According to thy ways, unto thee will I render, And thine abominations, in thy midst shall be found, So shall ye know that I, Yahweh am smiting.
Ezekiel 9:10Therefore as for even me, Mine eye shall not shield. Neither will I pity,— Their way upon their own head, have I rendered.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:43-55
Complaining to God. ( b. c. 588.) 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of… Read the whole commentary →