Lamentations 3:1
Lamentations 3:1 in Multiple Translations
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.
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
I am the man who has experienced suffering under the rod of God's anger.
I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation.
I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.
I , the one who am writing this, am a man who has been afflicted/punished [MTY] by Yahweh because he was angry.
Berean Amplified Bible — Lamentations 3:1
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Lamentations 3:1 Interlinear (Deep Study)
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אֲנִ֤י
הַ/גֶּ֨בֶר֙
רָאָ֣ה
עֳנִ֔י
בְּ/שֵׁ֖בֶט
עֶבְרָתֽ/וֹ
אֲנִ֤י
ʼănîy
H589
I
Pron
הַ/גֶּ֨בֶר֙
geber
H1397
great man
Art | N-ms
רָאָ֣ה
râʼâh
H7200
Provider
V-Qal-Perf-3ms
עֳנִ֔י
ʻŏnîy
H6040
affliction
N-ms
בְּ/שֵׁ֖בֶט
shêbeṭ
H7626
tribe
Prep | N-ms
עֶבְרָתֽ/וֹ
ʻebrâh
H5678
fury
N-fs | Suff
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Hebrew Word Reference — Lamentations 3:1
אֲנִ֤י
ʼănîy
H589
"I"
Pron
This Hebrew word is a simple way of saying 'I' or 'me', often used for emphasis. It is used by people like David in the Psalms to express their thoughts and feelings. The word is a basic part of the Hebrew language.
Definition: I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)
Usage: Occurs in 803 OT verses. KJV: I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who. See also: Genesis 6:17; Leviticus 19:36; 1 Samuel 25:24.
הַ/גֶּ֨בֶר֙
geber
H1397
"great man"
Art | N-ms
The Hebrew word for a great man or warrior, emphasizing strength or ability to fight, used to describe a person of valor. It is translated as 'man' or 'mighty' in the KJV. In the Bible, it appears in various contexts, including descriptions of strong leaders.
Definition: man, strong man, warrior (emphasising strength or ability to fight)
Usage: Occurs in 64 OT verses. KJV: every one, man, [idiom] mighty. See also: Exodus 10:11; Psalms 88:5; Psalms 34:9.
רָאָ֣ה
râʼâh
H7200
"Provider"
V-Qal-Perf-3ms
The Hebrew word for provider means to see or look after, and is used to describe God's care for his people. It appears in various forms throughout the Bible, including in Genesis and other books.
Definition: (Lord will) Provide, cause to be seen. This name means to see, look at, inspect, look after
Usage: Occurs in 1206 OT verses. KJV: advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions. See also: Genesis 1:4; Genesis 41:41; Exodus 33:13.
עֳנִ֔י
ʻŏnîy
H6040
"affliction"
N-ms
This Hebrew word means affliction or misery, describing a state of trouble or hardship, as seen in the experiences of the Israelites in the Old Testament.
Definition: 1) affliction, poverty, misery 1a) affliction 1b) poverty
Usage: Occurs in 36 OT verses. KJV: afflicted(-ion), trouble. See also: Genesis 16:11; Job 36:21; Psalms 9:14.
בְּ/שֵׁ֖בֶט
shêbeṭ
H7626
"tribe"
Prep | N-ms
This word means a stick or staff, but also a clan or tribe, and can refer to a symbol of authority or a tool for punishing. It is used in the Bible to describe the rods used by shepherds or the scepters of kings.
Definition: : tribe 1) rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe 1a) rod, staff 1b) shaft (of spear, dart) 1c) club (of shepherd's implement) 1d) truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority) 1e) clan, tribe
Usage: Occurs in 178 OT verses. KJV: [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe. See also: Genesis 49:10; 2 Samuel 24:2; Psalms 2:9.
עֶבְרָתֽ/וֹ
ʻebrâh
H5678
"fury"
N-fs | Suff
This Hebrew word means an outburst of passion, such as anger, rage, or wrath, often describing God's response to sin. It's used to convey intense emotions in the Bible.
Definition: 1) outpouring, overflow, excess, fury, wrath, arrogance 1a) overflow, excess, outburst 1b) arrogance 1c) overflowing rage or fury
Usage: Occurs in 34 OT verses. KJV: anger, rage, wrath. See also: Genesis 49:7; Isaiah 14:6; Psalms 7:7.
Study Notes — Lamentations 3:1
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- Context
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- Lamentations 3:1 Summary
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Reflection Questions
- Gill's Exposition on Lamentations 3:1
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:1
- Matthew Poole's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
- Trapp's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
- Ellicott's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
- Adam Clarke's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
- Cambridge Bible on Lamentations 3:1
- Barnes' Notes on Lamentations 3:1
- Whedon's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
- Sermons on Lamentations 3:1
Context — The Prophet’s Afflictions
1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
2He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. 3Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
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| 1 | Psalms 88:7 | Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah |
| 2 | Job 19:21 | Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me. |
| 3 | Psalms 88:15–16 | From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. |
| 4 | Lamentations 1:12–14 | Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger? He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long. My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand. |
| 5 | Jeremiah 38:6 | So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud. |
| 6 | Psalms 71:20 | Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up. |
| 7 | Isaiah 53:3 | He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. |
| 8 | Jeremiah 15:17–18 | I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation. Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there. |
| 9 | Jeremiah 20:14–18 | Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy. May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon, because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged. Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame? |
Lamentations 3:1 Summary
[This verse is saying that the speaker has experienced a lot of hardship and struggle, and they believe it is because of God's discipline. This doesn't mean that God is being cruel, but rather that He is working to correct and refine the speaker, as seen in Hebrews 12:10, which says 'For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.' The speaker is acknowledging that God is in control, even when things seem difficult or unfair, and that He is working everything out for their good, as stated in Romans 8:28. By recognizing God's sovereignty, we can trust that He is working in our lives, even when we don't understand what is happening.]
Frequently Asked Questions
What does it mean to be under the rod of God's wrath?
This phrase suggests that the speaker is experiencing God's discipline or judgment, as seen in Psalm 89:32, where it says 'then I will punish their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.'
Is the speaker saying that God is being cruel to them?
No, the speaker is acknowledging that they are experiencing affliction, but they are also recognizing that it is under God's sovereignty, as stated in Isaiah 45:7, which says 'I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.'
How can we apply this verse to our own lives?
We can apply this verse by recognizing that God is sovereign over all things, including our struggles and afflictions, and that He is working everything out for our good, as stated in Romans 8:28, which says 'And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.'
What is the significance of the speaker saying 'I am the man who has seen affliction'?
The speaker is emphasizing their personal experience of affliction, and acknowledging that it is a result of God's wrath, which is a theme that is also seen in Jeremiah 30:11, where it says 'For I am with you, said the Lord, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet will I not make a full end of you: but I will correct you in measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.'
Reflection Questions
- What are some ways that I have seen God's sovereignty in my own life, even in the midst of struggles and afflictions?
- How can I, like the speaker, acknowledge and accept God's discipline in my life, and trust that it is for my good?
- What are some things that I can do to cultivate a deeper trust in God's sovereignty, even when I don't understand what is happening in my life?
- How can I use my own experiences of affliction to minister to others who may be going through similar struggles?
- What does this verse teach me about God's character, and how can I apply that to my own relationship with Him?
Gill's Exposition on Lamentations 3:1
I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction,.... Had a much experience of it, especially ever since he had been a prophet; being reproached and ill used by his own people, and suffering with them in
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:1
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Matthew Poole's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
CHAPTER 3 The faithful bewail their misery and contempt, . They nourish their hope by consideration of the justice, providence, and mercies of God, . They stir up themselves to repentance, patience, prayers, and confidence of deliverance for themselves, and Divine vengeance on their enemies, . Some understand this of the prophet, some of the people, who were before set out under the notion of a woman, a daughter, here of a man. Affliction must here be taken emphatically for eminent degrees of affliction, caused not merely from the power and malice of the enemy, but from the wrath of God, though brought upon them by the Chaldeans, who were to the two tribes the rod of God’ s wrath, as the Assyrians are called with reference to the ten tribes, .
Trapp's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
Lamentations 3:1 I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.Ver. 1. I am the man.] Here Jeremiah, in the name and place of all the Jewish people, setteth forth his sufferings very passionately and elegantly. Oυδενγαρτουπαθοντοςρητορικοτερον, saith Synesius; for nothing is more rhetorical than a man in misery. See on Lamentations 1:12. By the rod of his wrath,] i.e., Of God’ s wrath, whom yet he nameth not prae magnitudine affectus, but referreth to him all his sufferings; and he alludeth here, say some, to that rod. Oecolamp.
Ellicott's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
(1) I am the man.—The lamentation is one of more intense personality. For that very reason it has been the true inheritance of all mourners, however widely different in time, country, circumstance, whose sorrows have approximated to that intensity. The rod of his wrath.—The “wrath” is obviously that of Jehovah (comp. Proverbs 22:8; Isaiah 10:5), but there is something significant in the fact that He is not named.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
CHAPTER III The prophet, by enumerating his own severe trials, 1-20, and showing his trust in God, 21, encourages his people to the like resignation and trust in the Divine and never-failing mercy, 22-27. He vindicates the goodness of God in all his dispensations, and the unreasonableness of murmuring under them, 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, 40-66. NOTES ON CHAP. III 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.
Cambridge Bible on Lamentations 3:1
1. by the rod of his wrath] For the figure cp. Job 9:34; Job 21:9; Psalms 89:32; Isaiah 10:5. We should notice the absence of God’s name Lamentations 3:1-21, except in Lamentations 3:18, in contrast with its frequency afterwards, when a ground of hope is found in the Divine pity and purpose (Lamentations 3:22-40), and in the prayer of Lam 3:55-66.
Barnes' Notes on Lamentations 3:1
That hath seen affliction - i. e. hath experienced, suffered it.
Whedon's Commentary on Lamentations 3:1
FOR , Lamentations 3:1-18.1. I am the man — Jeremiah speaks out of his personal experience, and thus individualizes the common misery.
Sermons on Lamentations 3:1
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Freedom by Dai Patterson | In this sermon, the preacher discusses the theme of freedom and liberty. He emphasizes that accepting unfair and wrong things is not necessary, as God can work miracles in our hear |
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The Burden of Hidden Sin by David Wilkerson | David Wilkerson emphasizes the heavy burden of hidden sin as exemplified by King David, whose unconfessed sin led to severe consequences in his health, mind, and spirit. This turmo |
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The Sword of His Pure, Infinite, and Incensed Wrath by Thomas Brooks | Thomas Brooks emphasizes the profound depth of God's wrath against sin, illustrated by the extreme suffering inflicted upon His beloved Son, Jesus Christ. He argues that while God |
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And He Shall Put His Hand Upon the Head of the Burnt-Offering by C.H. Spurgeon | C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the profound significance of Jesus being made 'sin for us' through the symbolic act of transferring sin to the burnt offering. He explains that the act of |
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The Book of Job by Keith Daniel | In this sermon, the speaker recounts the story of Job from the Bible. Job, a wealthy and righteous man, experiences a series of devastating losses, including the death of his child |
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His and His Alone by K.P. Yohannan | In this sermon, the speaker addresses various topics such as the influence of media, the importance of reading the New Testament, and the power of one individual to make a differen |
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Life Changing Message!!@! - His and His Alone by K.P. Yohannan | This sermon emphasizes the radical commitment to following Jesus, illustrated through personal stories of persecution, sacrifice, and unwavering faith. It highlights the importance |