Lamentations 3:1 KJV — MannaFest

Lamentations 3:1

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

I am the man who hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.

DBT

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

About this book

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Lamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.

Author: Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
Date: Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC

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15 verses on the floor

Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
Ruth 1:20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Psalms 88:15–16
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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Jeremiah, then, does not here plead his own private cause, but shews to his own nation what remedy there was for them in such a state of despair, even to have an immediate recourse to God, and on the one hand to consider their sins, and on the other to look to the mercy of God, so that they might entertain hope, and exercise themselves in prayer.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

seen affliction--his own in the dungeon of Malchiah (Jer 38:6); that of his countrymen also in the siege. Both were types of that of Christ.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

LAM 3:1PSA 88:7 JOB 6:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LAM 3:1PSA 88:7 PSA 42:7
LAM 3:1JER 38:6 JER 37:21
LAM 3:1JOB 19:21 JOB 1:11
LAM 3:1JER 38:6 PSA 69:2
LAM 3:1JER 38:6 JER 37:16
LAM 3:1JER 38:6 PSA 69:14-15
LAM 3:1JER 38:6 JER 38:22

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