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Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:1-20Lamentations 3:1-20 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself…The Prophet's Personal Affliction. (b. c. 588.)Lamentations 3:1-20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE PROPHET'S PERSONAL AFFLICTION. (B. C. 588.) The title of the Psalm 102:1-28 might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter—The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lo…The Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-21Lamentations 3:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryMONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION PERSONIFIED (see Introduction).The Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:1Lamentations 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentarySeen. "To see" in Hebrew often means "to experience;" e.g. Jeremiah 5:12; Psalms 16:10; Ecclesiastes 8:16. By the rod of his wrath. The idea is, not that Babylon has humbled Israel as Jehovah's instrument, but that God…The Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:1Lamentations 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe man that has seen affliction. In the first and second chapters of Lamentations the desolation of the city of Jerusalem is described and deplored. The third chapter brings the picture to a focus by giving us the plai…The Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:1Lamentations 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAfflicted by God. Every child of God, nay, every son of man, has endured affliction. Jeremiah and the city which he hero personifies and represents may be said to have experienced affliction in an extraordinary degree.…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Lamentations 3:1-20The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Prophet's Personal Affliction. (b. c. 588.)THE PROPHET'S PERSONAL AFFLICTION. (B. C. 588.) The title of the Psalm 102:1-28 might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter—The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lo…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-21MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF THE NATION; OR PERHAPS BY THE NATION PERSONIFIED (see Introduction).Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:1The man that has seen affliction. In the first and second chapters of Lamentations the desolation of the city of Jerusalem is described and deplored. The third chapter brings the picture to a focus by giving us the plai…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:1Afflicted by God. Every child of God, nay, every son of man, has endured affliction. Jeremiah and the city which he hero personifies and represents may be said to have experienced affliction in an extraordinary degree.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:1Seen. "To see" in Hebrew often means "to experience;" e.g. Jeremiah 5:12; Psalms 16:10; Ecclesiastes 8:16. By the rod of his wrath. The idea is, not that Babylon has humbled Israel as Jehovah's instrument, but that God…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:3Is he turned; he turneth; rather, he turneth again and again.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Lamentations 3:4Made old; more literally, worn away, as a garment (comp. Isaiah 50:9; Isaiah 51:6). Broken my bones. So Job complains, "His wrath teareth and persecuteth me" (Job 16:9); and, a still closer parallel, Hezekiah, "As a lio…Joseph S. Exell and contributors