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Lamentations 3:30
He givethhis cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

Lamentations 5:1
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Psalm 74:18
Remember this,that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, andthat the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

all their plots against me—
This part of the verse highlights the active and malicious intent of the speaker's adversaries. The word "plots" suggests a deliberate and strategic effort to harm, which is a recurring theme in the life of Jeremiah, as seen inJeremiah 11:18-19, where his enemies conspire to kill him. Historically, this reflects the political and social turmoil of Judah during the Babylonian siege, where internal betrayal was rampant. This phrase can also be seen as a type of Christ, who faced similar plots against Him, as recorded in the Gospels, particularly inMatthew 26:3-4, where the chief priests and elders conspire to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

Jeremiah addresses the covenant God by His personal name, the same Name that delivered Israel from Egypt and sustained them through the wilderness.

• The cry is intimate; it springs from a relationship already established (Lamentations 3:55–58).

• By calling on the LORD, the prophet immediately shifts the focus from his enemies to the One who rules over them (Psalm 34:15;Exodus 3:14).

• This opening reminds us that every complaint, every hurt, every injustice is first and foremost brought before the throne of the Almighty (Psalm 62:8).

The prophet is not wondering whether God is aware; he is affirming that God has indeed listened.

• “I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice and my supplications” (Psalm 116:1).

• God’s hearing is active, not passive—He hears in order to act (1 John 5:14–15).

• In the flow ofLamentations 3, this confidence stands in stark contrast to earlier feelings of being walled in and unheard (vv. 7–8). Faith triumphs over emotion.

Now the specific grievance surfaces: relentless verbal abuse.

• The righteous have always faced mockery—“Scorn has broken my heart” (Psalm 69:20).

• Insults aim to fracture identity, yet Jeremiah’s identity is anchored in God’s covenant love (Lamentations 3:22–24).

• Christ Himself “was despised and rejected by men” (Isaiah 53:3), foreshadowing the Savior who perfectly identifies with the mocked.

The hatred is organized, strategic, and ongoing.

• “Terror is on every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” (Jeremiah 20:10).

• Human schemes never escape divine oversight; “The LORD frustrates the plans of the peoples” (Psalm 33:10).

• The early church prayed with the same assurance when facing conspiracies: “They gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus…to do what Your hand and Your plan had foreordained” (Acts 4:27–28).

• Knowing God has heard “all” the plots relieves the believer from obsessive self-defense; nothing slips through the cracks of His providence.

Lamentations 3:61 is a confident confession that the covenant LORD has personally listened to every insult and carefully noted every scheme launched against His servant. The verse moves us from the sting of human hostility to the certainty of divine awareness. Because God hears, He will vindicate. Therefore, like Jeremiah, we can pour out our wounds to Him, rest in His sovereign oversight, and wait expectantly for His righteous intervention.

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