Lamentations 3:64 (ASV)

Passage

Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

Lamentations 3:63 Behold thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.

Lamentations 3:64 Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands.

Lamentations 3:65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, thy curse unto them.

Lamentations 3:66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "wilt", "render", "recompense", "jehovah", and "hands". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "wilt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 63's "Behold thou their sitting down and their..." into verse 65's "Thou wilt give them hardness of heart...", so "thou" and "wilt" 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 "thou" and "wilt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.