Lamentations 3:43 (DBY)

Passage

Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.

Lamentations 3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

Lamentations 3:43 Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.

Lamentations 3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.

Lamentations 3:45 Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "covered", "thyself", "anger", and "pursued". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "hast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 42's "We have transgressed and have rebelled thou..." into verse 44's "Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud...", so "thou" and "hast" 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 "hast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.