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Lamentations 3:52

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

American Standard Version (1901)

They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

Bible in Basic English

They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;

Douay-Rheims 1899

Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

Free Bible Version

For no reason my enemies trapped me like a bird.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Those who are my enemies hunted for me like [SIM] people hunt for a bird to kill it even though there was no reason for them to do that.

Unlocked Literal Bible

I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason.

Noah Webster Bible

My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.

World English Bible

They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

Young's Literal Translation

Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

Context

God’s Justice

⁵¹My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city. ⁵²Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. ⁵³They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

Summary

This verse reflects the deep anguish and sorrow of the author, likely Jeremiah, as he laments the suffering and destruction of Jerusalem. The plea for God to remember the reproach and mocking endured by His people reveals a sense of desperation and longing for divine intervention. It serves as a heartfelt cry for God's compassion and restoration in the midst of overwhelming adversity. The verse captures the raw emotions of grief and the yearning for God's mercy to bring hope and healing to a broken and devastated community.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Keil-Delitzsch
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Mine enemies chased me - From this to the end of the chapter the prophet speaks of his own personal sufferings, and especially of those which he endured in the dungeon. See Jer 38:6, etc.

Lamentations 3:52

God’s Justice

⁵¹My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city. ⁵²Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. ⁵³They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

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Berean Standard Bible

Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

American Standard Version (1901)

They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

Bible in Basic English

They who are against me without cause have gone hard after me as if I was a bird;

Douay-Rheims 1899

Sade. My enemies have chased me and caught me like a bird, without cause.

Free Bible Version

For no reason my enemies trapped me like a bird.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Those who are my enemies hunted for me like [SIM] people hunt for a bird to kill it even though there was no reason for them to do that.

Unlocked Literal Bible

I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason.

Noah Webster Bible

My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.

World English Bible

They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

Young's Literal Translation

Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.