Lamentations 3:1

¶ I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

I am the man {H1397} that hath seen {H7200} affliction {H6040} by the rod {H7626} of his wrath {H5678}.

I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his fury,

I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 88:7 (5 votes)

    Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.

  • Job 19:21 (3 votes)

    Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

  • Psalms 88:15 (3 votes)

    I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

  • Psalms 88:16 (3 votes)

    Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

  • Psalms 71:20 (2 votes)

    [Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 38:6 (2 votes)

    Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that [was] in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

  • Jeremiah 15:17 (2 votes)

    I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.