Lamentations 3:66

“You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of YHWH.”

Lamentations 3:66 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Lamentations 3:66, word by word

You will pursue themתִּרְדֹּףtirdof

pursue

To go after someone to catch them.

Where else “tirdof” appears
in angerאַףaf

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

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and destroy themתַשְׁמִידֵtashmide

destroy

Destroy completely, exterminate.

Where else “tashmide” appears
the heavensשְׁמֵיsheme

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “sheme” appears
of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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The context

65You will give them hardness of heart; your imprecation be on them.

66 · This verse (above)

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