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Lamentations 3:14 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 3 · verse 14
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.Lamentations 3:14 · King James Version
Lamentations 3:14 in context
12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- derisionsᵉchôwqlaughterH7814 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- songnᵉgîynâhproperly, instrumental musicH5058 →
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The title of the 102nd Psalm might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter - The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. Let us observe the particulars of it. The prophet complains, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20