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Lamentations 3:63–64

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Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
¶ Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
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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.

From verse 64

  1. Psalms 28:4Rank 1 from verse 64
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    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

  2. Jeremiah 11:20Rank 2 from verse 64
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    20But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

  3. 2 Timothy 4:14Rank 3 from verse 64
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    14Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

  4. Revelation 6:10Rank 4 from verse 64
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    10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  5. Jeremiah 50:29Rank 5 from verse 64
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    29Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel.

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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.

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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.

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Lamentations 3:64

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render

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To give, deliver, present, offer, return, repay, yield, perform, or award what is due, required, produced, deserved, or entrusted.

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

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

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

3:63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

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3:64¶ Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.

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3:65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

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