Lamentations 3:1
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Lamentations 3:1 in other translations
| BSB | I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. |
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| WEB | I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. |
| ASV | I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. |
| YLT | I am the man who hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath. |
| DARBY | I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. |
| BBE | I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath. |
| Webster | I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. |
What does Lamentations 3:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:1-3
CHAPTER (ELEGY) 3
La 3:1-66. Jeremiah proposes his own experience under afflictions, as an example as to how the Jews should behave under theirs, so as to have hope of a restoration; hence the change from singular to plural (La 3:22, 40-47). The stanzas consist of three lines, each of which begins with the same Hebrew letter. Aleph. 1-3. seen affliction--his own in the dungeon of Malchiah (Jr 38:6); that of his countrymen also in the siege. Both were types of that of Christ.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The prophet, by enumerating his own severe trials, vv. 1-20, and showing his trust in God, Lam 3:21, encourages his people to the like resignation and trust in the Divine and never-failing mercy, Lam 3:22-27. He vindicates the goodness of God in all his dispensations, and the unreasonableness of murmuring under them, Lam 3:28-39. He recommends self-examination and repentance; and then, from their experience of former deliverances from God, encourages them to look for pardon for their sins, and retribution to their enemies, vv. 40-66. Verse 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction - Either the prophet speaks here of himself, or he is personating his miserable countrymen. This and other passages in this poem have been applied to Jesus Christ's passion; but, in my opinion, without any foundation.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Lamentations 3:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Lamentations 3:1
- Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
- Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
- Psalms 88:15-16
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
- Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
- Psalms 71:20
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
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.
- Lamentations 1:12-14
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. 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. The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
- Jeremiah 20:14-18
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. …
- Jeremiah 15:17-18
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. Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
22 By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope.
37 He acknowledges God's justice.
55 He prays for deliverance,
64 and vengeance on his enemies.
the man.
1:12-14; Job 19:21; Ps 71:20; 88:7,15,16; Isa 53:3; Jer 15:17,18
Jer 20:14-18; 38:6
his wrath.That is, the wrath of God.
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Context
- Lamentations 3:1
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
- Lamentations 3:2
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Lamentations 3:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | YO soy el hombre que ha visto aflicción en la vara de su enojo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | *Je suis l’homme qui ai vu l’affliction par la verge de sa fureur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ich bin der Mann, der Elend gesehen durch die Rute seines Grimmes. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus. |