Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
Lamentations 3 is arranged as an alphabetic acrostic in which each Hebrew letter begins three successive verses, and this verse belongs to that three-verse pattern. The acrostic form is especially striking in a book marked by mental anguish. In such a setting it may serve to arrest the attention of the careless reader.
The verse is an appeal to the Lord affirming that He has heard the reproach directed against the speaker. It declares that all the hostile schemes formed against him are heard and known by God. The thoughts devised against him are likewise fully known to the Lord.
Lamentations 3 is arranged as an alphabetic acrostic in which each Hebrew letter begins three successive verses, and this verse belongs to that three-verse pattern. The acrostic form is especially striking in a book marked by mental anguish. In such a setting it may serve to arrest the attention of the careless reader.
The verse is an appeal to the Lord affirming that He has heard the reproach directed against the speaker. It declares that all the hostile schemes formed against him are heard and known by God. The thoughts devised against him are likewise fully known to the Lord.