Lamentations 3:43
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:43 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:43 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:43 — KJV
“Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.”
— Lamentations 3:43 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:43 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:43
“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.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:43: hast, anger, slain
“Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:43: hast, anger
“And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:43: hast, anger
“When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:43: hast, anger
“When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:43: hast, anger
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