Lamentations 1:13

From above hath He sent eish 1 into my atzamot (bones), and it prevaileth against them; 1 He hath spread a net for my feet, 1 He hath turned me back; 1 He hath made me desolate and kol hayom (ever) languishing. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? 1 Consider, and see 1 if there be any sorrow like my sorrow, 1 which is done unto me, 1 wherewith Hashem hath afflicted me 1 in the Yom Charon Af (day of His fierce anger). 1

14The yoke of my peysha'im hath been fastened by His hand; 1 they + 1:14 i.e., my sins intertwine themselves and set upon my tzavar (neck); 1 He hath made my strength to fall; 1 Adonoi hath delivered me into their hands, 1 from whom I am not able to rise up. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 12:9Eat not of it raw, nor soaked or boiled in mayim, but roasted over eish; this includes its rosh with its legs, and with the inner parts thereof.

Deuteronomy 32:21They have moved Me to jealousy 1 with that which is lo El (not G-d), 1 they have provoked Me to anger with their vanities; 1 and I will move them to jealousy with those which are lo Am (a non-people); 1 I will provoke them to anger with a goy naval (foolish, senseless nation). + 32:21 Ro 10:19 1

Job 19:6Have da'as now that Eloah hath put me in the wrong, 1 and hath encompassed me with his matzud (net). 1

Psalms 22:14They opened wide their mouths upon me, 1 like an aryeh roaring and tearing prey. 1

Psalms 35:4Let them be put to shame and disgraced 1 that seek after my nefesh; 1 let a rout in retreat be theirs 1 and let them be brought to dismay that plot my ruin. 1

Psalms 70:2Make haste, Elohim, to deliver me; 1 make haste to help me, Hashem. 1

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 →

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