Lamentations

Lamentations 3:64–66

⁶⁴You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD,

according to the work of their hands.

⁶⁵Put a veil of anguish over their hearts;

may Your curse be upon them!

⁶⁶You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them

from under Your heavens, O LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You will pay them back	תָּשִׁ֨יב	tā·šîḇ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
what they deserve	גְּמ֛וּל	gə·mūl	Noun - masculine singular	H1576 dealing, recompence, benefit
O LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
according to the work	כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה	kə·ma·‘ă·śêh	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4639 deed, work
of their hands	יְדֵיהֶֽם׃	yə·ḏê·hem	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H3027 hand

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Put	תִּתֵּ֤ן	tit·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
a veil of anguish	מְגִנַּת־	mə·ḡin·naṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4044 covering
over their hearts	לֵ֔ב	lêḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
may Your curse be	תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖	ta·’ă·lā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8381 curse
upon them	לָהֶֽם׃	lā·hem	Preposition-l; Pronoun - third person masculine plural

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You will pursue them	תִּרְדֹּ֤ף	tir·dōp̄	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
in anger	בְּאַף֙	bə·’ap̄	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
and exterminate them	וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם	wə·ṯaš·mî·ḏêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed
from under	מִתַּ֖חַת	mit·ta·ḥaṯ	Preposition-m	H8478 the under part
heavens	שְׁמֵ֥י	šə·mê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H8064 sky, aloft
O LORD	יְהוָֽה׃פ	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Lamentations 3:64 Psalm 28:4 · Jeremiah 11:20 · 2 Timothy 4:14 · Revelation 6:10

Lamentations 3:65 Isaiah 6:10 · Deuteronomy 2:30 · 1 Corinthians 16:22

Lamentations 3:66 Psalm 8:3 · Lamentations 3:43 · Deuteronomy 25:19 · Psalm 115:16 · Jeremiah 10:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.