King James Version
Lamentations 3:43 in the King James Version says “Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.” — study this verse from Lamentations chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.”
Lamentations 3:43 · KJV
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou hast covered”
H5526properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
“with anger”
H639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
“and persecuted”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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