What does Lamentations 3:65 mean?

Lamentations 3:65 highlights themes such as judgment, sorrow, curse when read in context.

How should I apply Lamentations 3:65 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

63Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

64Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

65Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

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Deuteronomy 28:15
Curses for disobedience are outlined, similar to the sorrow described in Lamentations.
Matthew 23:37
Jesus laments over Jerusalem, paralleling the sorrow expressed in Lamentations.
Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness, connecting to the theme of divine judgment.