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Lamentations 3:65

63 When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.

64 You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!

66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
WEB
You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
ASV
Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.
DARBY
give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;
BLB
May You give to them a covering for the heart—Your curse [be] upon them!
ÅB
Du vil legge et dekke over deres hjerte, din forbannelse vil bli dem til del.
OTB
Legg et slør over deres hjerter, og måtte din forbannelse være over dem!
B1930
Du vil legge et dekke over deres hjerte, din forbannelse vil bli dem til del.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 6:10

    Make 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.”

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  • Deuteronomy 2:30

    But 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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:22

    If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!

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  • Psalms 109:17–18

    The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

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  • 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!’

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