Lamentations 3:1
I am the man who has experienced suffering under the rod of God's anger.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
In Context
2He has driven me away, forcing me to walk in darkness instead of the light.
Cross References
Psalms 71:20You had me face many troubles and plenty of misery, but you will bring me back to life; you will rise me up from the depths of the earth.
Psalms 88:15I have been sick since I was young, often at death's door. I have had to bear the terrible things you've done to me. I'm in despair!
Isaiah 53:3People despised him and rejected him. He was a man who really suffered and who experienced the deepest pain. We treated him like someone you turn away from in disgust—we despised him and had no respect for him.
Jeremiah 15:17I didn't join in with a bunch of jokers as they had fun. I stayed by myself because you have called me, and you have filled me with outrage.
Jeremiah 20:18Why was I born only to see trouble and sadness, and to end my life in shame?
Lamentations 1:12Don't you care anything about it, all you people passing by? Take a look and see! Is there any suffering as bad as mine, punished by the Lord when he became angry?
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:1
The scope of this chapter is the same with that of the two foregoing chapters, but the composition is somewhat different; that was in long verse, this is in short, another kind of metre; that was in single alphabets, this is in a treble one. Here is, I. A sad complaint of God's displeasure and the fruits of it, ver. 1-20 . II. Words of comfort to God's people when they are in trouble and distress, ver. 21-36 . III. Duty prescribed in this afflicted state, ver. 37-41 . IV. The complaint renewed, ver. 42-54 . V.… Read the whole commentary →