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Lamentations 3

Lam. 3:52 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Mine enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
chased
tsuwd (Hebrew #6679)
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); (denominative from 6718) to victual (for a journey)
KJV usage: chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).
Pronounce: tsood
Origin: a primitive root
me sore
tsuwd (Hebrew #6679)
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); (denominative from 6718) to victual (for a journey)
KJV usage: chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).
Pronounce: tsood
Origin: a primitive root
, like a bird
tsippowr (Hebrew #6833)
from 6852; a little bird (as hopping)
KJV usage: bird, fowl, sparrow.
Pronounce: tsip-pore'
Origin: or tsippor {tsip-pore'}
, without cause
chinnam (Hebrew #2600)
gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage
KJV usage: without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.
Pronounce: khin-nawm'
Origin: from 2580
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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chased.
Jer. 37:15‑16• 15And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in the place of confinement in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
 16When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days, (Jer. 37:15‑16)
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Jer. 38:4‑6• 4And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
 5And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.
 6Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. (Jer. 38:4‑6)
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1 Sam. 24:10‑15• 10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had given thee this day into my hand in the cave; and they bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.
 11And see, my father, yes, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou liest in wait for my life to take it.
 12Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
 13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
 14After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
 15Jehovah therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and do me justice in delivering me out of thy hand. (1 Sam. 24:10‑15)
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1 Sam. 25:28‑29• 28I pray thee, forgive the transgression of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a lasting house; because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil has not been found in thee all thy days.
 29And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling. (1 Sam. 25:28‑29)
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1 Sam. 26:18‑20• 18And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
 19And now, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have moved thee against me, let him accept an oblation; but if the sons of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from adhering to the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
 20And now, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the face of Jehovah; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when they hunt a partridge on the mountains. (1 Sam. 26:18‑20)
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Psa. 35:7,19• 7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.
 19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause. (Psa. 35:7,19)
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Psa. 69:4• 4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. (Psa. 69:4)
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Psa. 109:3• 3And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. (Psa. 109:3)
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Psa. 119:161• 161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. (Psa. 119:161)
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Jer. 37:18• 18And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in the prison? (Jer. 37:18)
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John 15:25• 25But that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, They hated me without a cause. (John 15:25)
• {v.52-54} They were no more than as a bird before skilful fowlers, as one shut up in dungeons secured by a stone overhead, as one actually overwhelmed in waters rolling over him. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 3:43-66” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They that are mine enemies without cause have chased mea sore like a bird.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Mine enemies have without cause chased me."

W. Kelly Translation

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Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.