Lamentations 3:1
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
Other Translations
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
I <FI>am<Fi> the man <FI>who<Fi> hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.
Cross References
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it …
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the …
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with …
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me …
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou …
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he …
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto …
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.