The Meaning of Lamentations 3:14 Explained

Lamentations 3:14

KJV: I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

YLT: I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.

Darby: I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.

ASV: I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I was a derision  to all my people;  [and] their song  all the day. 

What does Lamentations 3:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Lamentations 3

1  The prophet bewails his own calamities
22  By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37  He acknowledges God's justice
55  He prays for deliverance
64  And vengeance on his enemies

What do the individual words in Lamentations 3:14 mean?

I have become the ridicule of all my people their [taunting] song all the day
הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙ לְכָל־ עַמִּ֔י נְגִינָתָ֖ם כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם

הָיִ֤יתִי  I  have  become 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
שְּׂחֹק֙  the  ridicule 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׂחֹוק  
Sense: laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision.
לְכָל־  of  all 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עַמִּ֔י  my  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
נְגִינָתָ֖ם  their  [taunting]  song 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נְגִינָה  
Sense: music, song, taunt song.
הַיּֽוֹם  the  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.