That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Lamentations 3:43 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: Thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You have covered Yourself with wrath and pursued and afflicted us; You have slain without pity. American Standard Version (1901) Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. Common English Bible You wrapped yourself up in wrath and hunted us; you killed, showing no compassion. Catholic Public Domain Version SAMECH. You have covered us in your fury, and you have struck us. You have killed, and have not spared. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Samech. Thou hast covered in thy wrath and hast struck us: thou hast killed and hast not spared. |
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
The LORD hath done that which he devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.
The youth and the old man 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 slaughtered, and not pitied.
Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring upon thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I the LORD do smite.
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.
And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.