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God’s Justice

Lamentations 3:65

In 11 translations

BSB
Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
KJV
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.sorrow…: or, obstinacy of heart
WEB
You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
ASV
Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
LSV
You give to them a covered heart, || Your curse to them.
YLT
Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
DBY
give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;
DRC
Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.
GNV
Giue them sorow of heart, euen thy curse to them.
JPS
Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.
LXXE
Thau. Thou wilt give them as a covering, the grief of my heart.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ מְגִנַּת־לֵ֔ב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ לָהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
ΘΑΥ. Ἀποδώσεις αὐτοῖς ὑπερασπισμὸν, καρδίας μου μόχθον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
  • Deuteronomy 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
  • 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
  • Deuteronomy 27:15–26‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his…
  • Psalms 109:17–18The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him. The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

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