Lam 3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. Ver. 4. My flesh and my skin hath he made old. ] Withered it and wanzed it, so that I am not like myself; facta videbor anus, as she said. See Psalms 32:3 . He hath broken my bones. ] Decayed and impaired, and that with greatest torment, as befalleth when bones are broken. read more
Lam 3:5 He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail. Ver. 5. He hath builded against me. ] Bulwarks and batteries. And compassed me with gall and travel. ] Or, With venom and vexation. See Jeremiah 8:14 . In these and the like hyperbolic expressions we must note that words are too weak to utter the greatness of the saints’ grief, when they lie under the sense of God’s wrath and heavy displeasure. read more
Lam 3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old. Ver. 6. He hath set me in dark places. ] Dungeons haply, which are a kind of graves, and where poor prisoners lie as forgotten. The Persians called their prisons ληθας , oblivions. And Ezekiel saith that Babylon was to the Jews as a grave, where they lay for dead till those dead bones lived again. Eze 37:1-14 As they that be dead of old. ] Free among the dead and forgotten. It may be said of a saint, in some cases, that “ ... read more
Lam 3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. Ver. 7. He hath hedged me about. ] Sorrounded me with troubles, brought me into straits inextricable and importable. read more
Lam 3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. Ver. 8. Also when I cry and shout. ] As poor prisoners use to do for relief and release. He shutteth out my prayer. ] Or, Shutteth his ear to my prayer. This was very grievous to any good heart; more than it could be to Cicero, a stranger to the true God, who yet bewaileth the matter to his brother in these words, I would pray to the gods for those things; but that, alas! they have given over to hear my prayers. read more
Lam 3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. Ver. 9. He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, ] i.e., Most strongly and closely, so that none can come at me. He hath made all my paths crooked. ] So that all things go cross with me; and although they were never so well devised, yet still they sort out unto the worst. read more
Lam 3:10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places. Ver. 10. He was unto me as a bear lying in wait. ] So that if I do but offer to stir, or seek to make escape, I am in danger to be devoured. And as a lion in secret places. ] God hath many ways and means to bemeet with sinners. He can stop them in their course, as he did Balaam, Jonah, and others. read more
Lam 3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. Ver. 11. He hath turned aside my ways. ] As Lamentations 3:9 . And pulled me in pieces. ] As a bear or lion doth the silly sheep that falleth into their paws. Carnali quadam intemperie haec effusa sunt. The Vulgate hath it, Confregit me. He hath broken me in pieces; scil., Attempting to leap over his hedge; Lam 3:7 his stone wall. Lam 3:9 In the year 1590, Nicolas Frischlin, that famous poet, orator,... read more
Lam 3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. Ver. 12. He hath bent his bow. ] Lamentations 2:4 . And set me as a mark. ] Which he is sure to hit. The Benjamites, Jdg 20:16 the Parthians, Alcon the Cretan, Domitian the Emperor, were excellent archers; but “ Non semper feriet quodcunque minabitur arcus; ” God’s arrow never misseth the mark. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Lamentations 3:3
Lam 3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day. Ver. 3. Surely against me is he turned. ] Metaphora a colaphizantibus. A metaphor from buffeters, who double their blows, beating their adversaries on both sides, as the smith doth his red hot iron upon the anvil till he hath shaped it. a a Hinc inde continenter verberat. - Jun. read more