Lamentations 3:1
I am a man who has seen misery under the rod of Yahweh's fury. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
In Context
2He drove me away and caused me to walk in darkness rather than light. 1
Cross References
Psalms 71:20You who made me see many troubles 1 will revive us again 1 and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. 1
Psalms 88:15I have always been afflicted and on the verge of death since my youth. 1 I have suffered from your terrors; I am in despair. 1
Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by people; a man of sorrows, and one familiar with pain. 1 Like one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised; and we considered him insignificant. 1
Jeremiah 15:17I did not sit in the circle of those who celebrated or rejoiced. 1 I sat in solitude because of your powerful hand, for you filled me with indignation. 1
Jeremiah 20:18Why is it that I came out from the womb to see troubles and agony, 1 so that my days are filled with shame?”
Lamentations 1:12Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? 1 Look and see if there is anyone else's sorrow like the sorrow that is being inflicted on me, 1 since Yahweh has tormented me on the day of his fierce anger. 1
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 →