Lamentations 3:3

Is he turned; he turneth - Or, “surely against me” hath he turned “his hand” again and again “all the day long.”

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Deuteronomy 29:20 ; Isaiah 1:25 ; Isaiah 63:10 ; Job 31:21 ; Lamentations 2:4-7

³ Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 3:3