Lamentations 3:64

“Render unto them a recompence, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.] The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render this, and the following verses, not as petitions, but as prophecies of what should be; but they seem rather to be expressed by way of request; and here, that God would deal with them according to the law of retaliation, and requite them according to what they had done; that he would do to them as they had done to the Lord’s people, and others; and this is ordered to be done particularly to the Chaldeans, or Babylonians, (<245015>Jeremiah 50:15,29).”

“(Jer 11:20; Ti2 4:14).”

“A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lamentations 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - “The lowest pit” of Psalms 88:6. Some consider that Psalms 69:0 was composed by Jeremiah, and is the prayer referred to here (Jeremiah 38:6 note). Lamentations 3:56 Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies “Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,” i. e. to my cry for relief. Lamentations 3:58 God now appears as the prophet’s next of kin, pleading the lawsuits of his soul, i. e. the controversies which concern his salvation. and rescuing his life, in jeopardy through the malice of his enemies. Lamentations 3:59 Wrong - Done to him by the perversion…”

“3:64-66 This prayer for vengeance is similar to several psalms (see “Prayers for Vengeance” Theme Note).”

“Psa 28:4; Jer 11:20, Jer 50:29; Ti2 4:14; Rev 6:10, Rev 18:6 Lamentations 3:65”