Lamentations 3:66

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

"Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD." - Lamentations 3:66
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What does Lamentations 3:66 mean?

Lamentations 3:66 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the Lord." This verse comes from the Book of Lamentations, a collection of poetic laments over the destruction of Jerusalem and the suffering of its people…

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The Righteous Anger of the Lord: A Reflection on Lamentations 3:66

The book of Lamentations is a profound outpouring of grief, written by the prophet Jeremiah in the wake of Jerusalem's destruction. In this grim setting, Lamentations 3:66 reads, "Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD." At first glance, this…

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A Prayer for Justice and Strength Amid Persecution

O Eternal Father, Creator of the heavens and the earth, we come before You with heavy hearts, seeking the refuge of Your divine presence. We stand in the shadow of those who have wronged us, those who pursue us with anger and malice, emboldened by their own desires and…

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Lamentations 3:66 - "Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD."
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Lamentations 3:31 - "For the Lord will not cast off for ever:"
Lamentations 3:23 - "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:3 - "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
Lamentations 3:47 - "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 3:34 - "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,"
Lamentations 3:50 - "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven."
Lamentations 3:29 - "He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Lamentations 3:2 - "He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light."
Lamentations 3:21 - "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope."
Lamentations 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:49 - "Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,"
Lamentations 3:45 - "Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people."
Lamentations 3:20 - "My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me."
Lamentations 3:35 - "To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,"
Lamentations 3:63 - "Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick."
Lamentations 3:33 - "For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."
Lamentations 3:46 - "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us."
Lamentations 3:42 - "We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned."
Lamentations 3:65 - "Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them."
Lamentations 3:6 - "He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old."
Lamentations 3:22 - "¶ It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not."