Lamentations 3:61

Modern

O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

Traditional

Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;

Literal

You have heard their taunt, O YHWH, all their plots against me,

Latin

Audisti opprobrium eorum, Domine, omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me.

Hebrew

English

O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—

Jerusalem deserved punishment, but the enemies carried it out with undeserved cruelty. The writer calls upon God to punish them.

The author emphasizes how cruel the enemies are and cries out to the Lord for help.

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).

Psalm 89:50
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
Zephaniah 2:8
“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
Lamentations 5:1
Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
Psalm 74:18
Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Lamentations 3:30
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.