Lamentations 1:13

It is as though he sent a fire from heaven [MTY] that burned in our bones; it is as though [MET] he has placed a trap for our feet, and has prevented us from walking any further. He has abandoned us; we are weak/miserable every day, all day long.

Translation for Translators

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

12You people who pass by, you do not [RHQ] seem to care at all about what has happened to us. Look around and see that there are no other [RHQ] people who are suffering like we are. Yahweh has caused us to suffer because he was extremely angry with us.

14He caused the sins that we have committed to be like a heavy load for us to carry; it is as though [MET] he tied them around our necks. Previously we were strong, but he has caused us to become weak. He has allowed our enemies to capture us, and we were not able to do anything to resist them.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:9You must not eat any of the meat raw, and you must not boil the meat. You must roast it whole, without cutting off the head or the legs or removing the internal parts.

Deuteronomy 32:21They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be jealous [MET] because I want them to worship only me. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send to attack them an army of a nation of worthless and foolish people.

Job 19:6you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. It is as though he has trapped me with his net.

Psalms 22:14I am completely exhausted [MET], and all my bones are out of their joints/places. I no longer expect that God will save me; that expectation is gone completely, like wax that has melted away.

Psalms 35:4Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!

Psalms 70:2Humble those who are happy about my troubles/difficulties, and cause them to be disgraced/ashamed. Chase away those who are trying to kill 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 →

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