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Lamentations Chapter 3 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Lamentations 3:14

I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
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BBE Lamentations 3:14

I have become the sport of all the peoples; I am their song all the day.
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DARBY Lamentations 3:14

I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
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KJV Lamentations 3:14

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
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WBT Lamentations 3:14

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WEB Lamentations 3:14

I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
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YLT Lamentations 3:14

I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - A derision to all my people. If the text-reading is correct, these are the words of Jeremiah (or one like Jeremiah), describing the ill return accorded to his friendly admonitions. But the Massora mention Psalm 144:2; 2 Samuel 22:44; Lamentations 3:14, as passages in which "my people" is used, whereas we should expect "peoples." The Syriac Version of our passage actually translates "to all peoples," and the prefixed "all" certainly favours the plural, and so, in a far higher degree, does the view we have been led to adopt of the speaker of this Lamentation (see Introduction). The correction (ammim for ammi) has been received by Archbishop Seeker, by Ewald, and by J. Olshausen. Their song. A reminiscence of Job 30:9.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) I was a derision.--The personal experience of the prophet breaks through the succession of imagery. The arrows that pierced to the quick were the taunts of the mockers who derided him (Jeremiah 20:7). "Their song." (Comp. Job 30:9.)