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Lamentations 3:61–63

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Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
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From verse 61

  1. Lamentations 5:1Rank 1 from verse 61
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    1REMEMBER, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

  2. Psalms 89:50Rank 2 from verse 61
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    50Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

  3. Zephaniah 2:8Rank 3 from verse 61
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    8¶ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

  4. Psalms 74:18Rank 4 from verse 61
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    18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

  5. Lamentations 3:30Rank 5 from verse 61
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    30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

From verse 62

  1. Ezekiel 36:3Rank 1 from verse 62
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    3Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

  2. Psalms 140:3Rank 2 from verse 62
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    3They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.

  3. Psalms 59:12Rank 3 from verse 62
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    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.

  4. Psalms 59:7Rank 4 from verse 62
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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

  5. Jeremiah 18:18Rank 5 from verse 62
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    18¶ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

From verse 63

  1. Psalms 139:2Rank 1 from verse 63
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    2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

  2. Lamentations 3:14Rank 2 from verse 63
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    14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

  3. Job 30:9Rank 3 from verse 63
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    9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

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DEFINED WORDS

Lamentations 3:61

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Lamentations 3:62

COMBINED MEANING

lips

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Sense 1: The physical borders of the mouth. Sense 2: By extension, speech or utterance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rose

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1. A flowering plant or its flower. 2. Arose or stood up.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Lamentations 3:63

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rising

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of rise: getting up, ascending, appearing, increasing, beginning, proceeding to act, attaining authority, or returning from the dead. Sense 2: A raised or swollen area, especially in the skin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

musick

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1. Vocal or instrumental sound or performance. 2. Instruments or performers of musick. 3. Figuratively, a person made the subject of song or ridicule.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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60Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

61Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me;

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62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

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63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

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64¶ Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

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