Lamentations 3:43

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"You have covered us with anger, pursued and slaughtered us without pity.

Berean Standard Bible:

You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

American Standard Version:

Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Thou hast covered{H5526} with anger{H639}, and persecuted{H7291} us: thou hast slain{H2026}, thou hast not pitied{H2550}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Lamentations 2:17

  • The LORD hath done [that] which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused [thine] enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

Lamentations 2:21

  • The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain [them] in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, [and] not pitied.

Psalms 83:15

  • So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

Lamentations 3:66

  • Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

Lamentations 2:1

  • ¶ How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, [and] cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

Lamentations 2:2

  • The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought [them] down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

Ezekiel 8:18

  • Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, [yet] will I not hear them.

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Commentary for Lamentations 3:43

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5526
    There are 23 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סָכַךְ
    Transliteration: çâkak
    Pronunciation: saw-kak'
    Description: or שָׂכַךְ; (Exodus 33:22), a primitive root; properly, to entwine as ascreen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect; cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
  2. Strong's Number: H639
    There are 306 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַף
    Transliteration: ʼaph
    Pronunciation: af
    Description: from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.
  3. Strong's Number: H7291
    There are 135 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָדַף
    Transliteration: râdaph
    Pronunciation: raw-daf'
    Description: a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by); chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
  4. Strong's Number: H2026
    There are 158 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הָרַג
    Transliteration: hârag
    Pronunciation: haw-rag'
    Description: a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.
  5. Strong's Number: H2550
    There are 40 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָמַל
    Transliteration: châmal
    Pronunciation: khaw-mal'
    Description: a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare; have compassion, (have) pity, spare.