You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,
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You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, and all their plans against me,
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Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
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Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
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Passages linked to Lamentations 3:61 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 89:50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples,
- Lamentations 5:1 Remember, Yahweh, what has come on us. Look, and see our reproach.
- Zephaniah 2:8 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
- Psalms 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.
- Lamentations 3:30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain We see that this is a repetition, but for…
We see that this is a repetition, but for vengeances he now mentions reproaches And in this way he sought again to turn God to mercy; for when he brings no aid, he seems to close his eyes and to render his ears deaf; but when he attends to our evils, he then soon brings help. The Prophet, then, having said that God saw, now refers to hearing: he had heard their reproaches. Adopting a language not strictly proper, he adds, that he had heard their thoughts; though he speaks not only of their secret counsels, but also of all the wicked conspiracies by which his enemies had contrived to ruin him. He adds, —
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lam 3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD,…
Lam 3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;
Ver. 61. Thou hast heard their reproach.] Their spiteful speeches and taunting terms have come into thine ears.
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And all their imaginations.] Heb., Their contrivements. As the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers, {Psa 34:15} so he both seeth the ill carriage and heareth the ill language of graceless persons against the godly.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Whatever knowledge men get of things done from their…
Whatever knowledge men get of things done from their eye or ear, thou hast from thy omnisciency; thou knowest not only their malicious actions, but words and thoughts.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain their reproach--their reproachful language against me.
their reproach--their reproachful language against me.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (61) Thou hast heard.—The verb governs the “lips” of…
(61) Thou hast heard.—The verb governs the “lips” of the next verse as well as the “reproaches” of this. In the last clause we note the emphasis of iteration, the natural dwelling on what was prominent in the prophet’s thoughts.
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