Lamentations 3:14 (DRB)

Passage

He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.

Nearby Context

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

Lamentations 3:13 He. He hath shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.

Lamentations 3:14 He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.

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

Lamentations 3:16 Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "He He hath shot into my reins..." into verse 15's "He He hath filled me with bitterness...", so "derision" and "people" 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 "derision" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.