Lamentations 3:43 (GNV)

Passage

Thou hast couered vs with wrath, and persecuted vs: thou hast slaine and not spared.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:41 Let vs lift vp our hearts with our handes vnto God in the heauens.

Lamentations 3:42 We haue sinned, and haue rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.

Lamentations 3:43 Thou hast couered vs with wrath, and persecuted vs: thou hast slaine and not spared.

Lamentations 3:44 Thou hast couered thy selfe with a cloude, that our prayer should not passe through.

Lamentations 3:45 Thou hast made vs as the ofscouring and refuse in the middes of the people.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "couered", "wrath", "persecuted", and "slaine". 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 haue sinned and haue rebelled therefore..." into verse 44's "Thou hast couered thy selfe with a...", 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.