Lamentations 3:64 (WEB)

Passage

You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.

Nearby Context

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

Lamentations 3:63 You see their sitting down and their rising up. I am their song.

Lamentations 3:64 You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.

Lamentations 3:65 You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.

Lamentations 3:66 You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.

Study Lenses

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

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