Lamentations 3:14 (ASV)

Passage

I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

Lamentations 3:13 He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

Lamentations 3:14 I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

Lamentations 3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

Lamentations 3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "become", "derision", "people", and "song". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "become" and "derision", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "He hath caused the shafts of his..." into verse 15's "He hath filled me with bitterness he...", so "become" and "derision" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "become" and "derision" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.