Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:61
Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;
Whatever knowledge men get of things done from their eye or ear, thou hast from thy omnisciency; thou knowest not only their malicious actions, but words and thoughts.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
61-63. their reproachtheirreproachful language against me.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord,…. Their reproachful words uttered against the prophet and his people, against God himself; their spiteful language, their taunts, and scoffs and jeers:
[and] all their imaginations against me; those he not only saw, as they appeared in their actions; but heard them, as they were expressed by their words; yea, they were manifest to him, while they only were in silent thought forming in the mind.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
We see that this is a repetition, but for vengeances he now mentions reproaches And in this way he sought again to turn God to mercy; for when he brings no aid, he seems to close his eyes and to render his ears deaf; but when he attends to our evils, he then soon brings help. The Prophet, then, having said that God saw, now refers to hearing: he had heard their reproaches. Adopting a language not strictly proper, he adds, that he had heard their thoughts; though he speaks not only of their secret counsels, but also of all the wicked conspiracies by which his enemies had contrived to ruin him. (203) He adds, —
(203) There is no necessity, as some have supposed, of making לי in the former verse, and עלי in this verse, the same. The difference is occasioned by the verbs “thou hast seen,” and, “thou hast heard.” God had seen the thoughts or purposes effected “against” him; and he had heard the purposes formed “concerning” him. He refers first to the purposes carried into effect, and then, as it is common in the prophets, he refers to the purposes previously formed respecting him. — Ed
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(61) Thou hast heard.The verb governs the lips of the next verse as well as the reproaches of this. In the last clause we note the emphasis of iteration, the natural dwelling on what was prominent in the prophets thoughts.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lam 3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;
Ver. 61. Thou hast heard their reproach. ] Their spiteful speeches and taunting terms have come into thine ears.
And all their imaginations.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lam 3:30, Lam 5:1, Psa 74:18, Psa 89:50, Zep 2:8
Reciprocal: Neh 1:3 – in great Jer 20:8 – the word
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lam 3:61. Even the reproaches that were uttered by the Babylonians were displeasing to God and he was determined to judge them for it.