Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 VersionYou 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 BibleThau. 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 BibleGive 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 1917Thou 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. Jump to Previous Covered Curse Givest Hardness Heart Hearts Sorrow Veil WiltJump to Next Covered Curse Givest Hardness Heart Hearts Sorrow Veil WiltLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies 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 may Your curse be upon them
Hebrew You will giveתִּתֵּ֤ן (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 Links Lamentations 3:65 NIVLamentations 3:65 NLT Lamentations 3:65 ESV Lamentations 3:65 NASB Lamentations 3:65 KJV Lamentations 3:65 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:65 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:65 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:65 French Bible Lamentations 3:65 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:65 You will give them hardness of heart (Lam. La Lm) |