Lamentations 3:63
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:63 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:63 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:63 — KJV
“Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.”
— Lamentations 3:63 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:63 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 3:63
“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:63: sitting, down, rising
“And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. a burning...: Heb. a lamp of fire”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:63: behold, down
“And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:63: behold, down
“And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:63: behold, down
“And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:63: behold, down
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