Lamentations 3:1
I am the man that hath seen affliction under the rod of His wrath;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
In Context
2He hath led me and brought me into darkness, and not into light;
Cross References
Psalms 71:20Thou hast suffered us to see great and grievous troubles; Thou wilt again give us life, And wilt bring us back from the depths of the earth!
Psalms 88:15I have been afflicted and languishing from my youth; I suffer thy terrors, and am distracted.
Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows, and acquainted with disease; As one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Jeremiah 15:17I have not sat in the assembly of them that made merry, nor rejoiced; On account of thy hand I have sat alone; For thou hast filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah 20:18Wherefore came I forth from the womb, to see weariness and sorrow, And that my days might be consumed in shame?
Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see, if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow, which is brought upon me, With which Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger!
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 →