Lamentations 3:65
New International Version
Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!

New Living Translation
Give them hard and stubborn hearts, and then let your curse fall on them!

English Standard Version
You will give them dullness of heart; your curse will be on them.

Berean Standard Bible
Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!

King James Bible
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

New King James Version
Give them a veiled heart; Your curse be upon them!

New American Standard Bible
You will give them shamelessness of heart, Your curse will be on them.

NASB 1995
You will give them hardness of heart, Your curse will be on them.

NASB 1977
Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse will be on them.

Legacy Standard Bible
You will give them dullness of heart; Your curse will be on them.

Amplified Bible
You will harden their hearts; Your curse will be upon them.

Christian Standard Bible
You will give them a heart filled with anguish. May your curse be on them!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will give them a heart filled with anguish. May Your curse be on them!

American Standard Version
Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

Contemporary English Version
Put your curse on them and make them suffer.

English Revised Version
Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Make them stubborn. Let your curse be on them.

Good News Translation
Curse them and fill them with despair!

International Standard Version
Give them an anguished heart; may your curse be upon them!

Majority Standard Bible
Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!

NET Bible
Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them!

New Heart English Bible
You will give them hardness of heart as your curse to them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.

World English Bible
You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You give to them a covered heart, "" Your curse to them.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou wilt give to them a covering of heart, thy curse to them.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thau. Thou shalt give them a buckler of heart, thy labour.

Catholic Public Domain Version
THAU. You shall give them a heavy shield of the heart: your hardship.

New American Bible
Give them hardness of heart; your curse be upon them;

New Revised Standard Version
Give them anguish of heart; your curse be on them!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Give them sorrow of heart; let thy affliction pursue them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Give them grief of heart, and your affliction to them
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
THAU. Thou wilt give them as a covering, the grief of my heart.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Prayer for Deliverance
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.…

Cross References
Romans 11:8
as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”

Isaiah 6:10
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Matthew 13:14-15
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

John 12:40
“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”

Acts 28:26-27
‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

Isaiah 29:10
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

Ezekiel 12:2
“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Mark 4:12
so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

Psalm 69:23
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Isaiah 44:18
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.

Jeremiah 5:21
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

1 Samuel 6:6
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?


Treasury of Scripture

Give them sorrow of heart, your curse to them.

sorrow.

Deuteronomy 2:30
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

thy

Deuteronomy 27:15-26
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen…

Psalm 109:17,18
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him…

1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

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You will give them
This phrase indicates a divine action, suggesting that God is actively involved in the process of judgment. The Hebrew root here is "natan," which means to give or bestow. In the context of Lamentations, this reflects the belief that God is sovereign over all events, including the hardening of hearts. This echoes the biblical theme seen in Exodus with Pharaoh, where God allows or causes a hardening as part of His divine plan. It serves as a reminder of God's ultimate authority and the seriousness of turning away from His commandments.

hardness of heart
The phrase "hardness of heart" is derived from the Hebrew "leb qashah," which literally translates to a heart that is hard or stubborn. In biblical terms, the heart is the center of will and emotion. A hardened heart signifies a state of spiritual insensitivity and rebellion against God. Historically, this condition is often seen as a judgment for persistent sin and disobedience. It is a sobering reminder of the consequences of rejecting God's guidance and the importance of maintaining a soft, responsive heart towards Him.

may Your curse be upon them
The word "curse" in Hebrew is "me'erah," which implies a divine imprecation or a pronouncement of judgment. In the ancient Near Eastern context, curses were serious and binding, often seen as the opposite of blessings. This phrase reflects the gravity of the situation faced by the people of Judah, who have turned away from God and are now experiencing the repercussions of their actions. It serves as a warning to all believers about the dangers of straying from God's path and the importance of seeking His blessing through obedience and faithfulness.

(65) Sorrow of heart--Literally, covering, with a sense like that of the "veil upon the heart" of 2Corinthians 3:15, and so signifying the blindness of obstinacy. The imperatives in both Lamentations 3:65-66 are better rendered as futures--Thou shalt give; Thou shalt persecute.

Verse 65. - Sorrow of heart; rather, a covering of the heart; spiritual blindness, like the "veil upon the heart" in 2 Corinthians 3:15. Thy curse unto them. This should rather form a separate interjectional clause, "Thy curse upon them!"



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You will give
תִּתֵּ֤ן (tit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

them
לָהֶם֙ (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

hardness
מְגִנַּת־ (mə·ḡin·naṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4044: A covering, blindness, obduracy

of heart;
לֵ֔ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

may Your curse be
תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ (ta·’ă·lā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8381: An imprecation

upon them!
לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They


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