Lamentations 1:13
Mem. From above he hath sent fire into my bones, and hath chastised me: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 12:9You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted at the fire: you shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof.
Deuteronomy 32:21They have provoked me with that which was no god, and have angered me with their vanities: and I will provoke them with that which is no people, and will vex them with a foolish nation.
Job 19:6At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.
Psalms 22:14They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
Psalms 35:4Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise against me.
Psalms 70:2O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 1:13-22
God Acknowledged in Affliction; Jerusalem's Complaint. ( b. c. 588.) 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. 13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are… Read the whole commentary →