Lamentations 3:43

ס (Samek)

3:43 You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us;

you killed without mercy.

Lamentations 5:5

5:5 We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks;

we are weary and have no rest.


tn Heb “covered.” The object must be supplied either from the next line (“covered yourself”) or from the end of this line (“covered us”).

tn Heb “We are hard-driven on our necks”

sn For the theological allusion that goes beyond physical rest, see, e.g., Deut 12:10; 25:19; Josh 1:13; 11:23; 2 Sam 7:1, 11; 1 Chron 22:18; 2 Chron 14:6-7