Lamentations 3:14

Modern

I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

Traditional

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

Literal

I have become a laughingstock to all my people, their taunt all the day.

Latin

Factus sum in derisum omni populo meo, canticum eorum tota die.

Hebrew

English

I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.

In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).

Jeremiah 20:7
You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
Lamentations 3:63
When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
Psalm 22:6–7
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
Psalm 69:11–12
I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
Psalm 44:13
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
1 Corinthians 4:9–13
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
Matthew 27:39–44
And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
Job 30:1–9
“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
Psalm 79:4
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
Psalm 35:15–16
But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
Psalm 137:3
…for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
Psalm 123:3–4
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.