King James Version
What Does Lamentations 3:63 Mean?
“Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.”
Context
61
Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
64
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. sorrow: or, obstinacy of heart
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(63) **Their sitting down, and their rising up . . .**—The two words, as in Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19; Psalm 139:2; include the whole daily and hourly conduct of those spoken of.
**I am their musick.**—The noun, though not identical, is cognate with that of Psalm 69:12, of which the complaint is, as it were, an echo.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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