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Lamentations 3:1

Lamentations 3:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Seen. "To see" in Hebrew often means "to experience;" e.g. ; ; . By the rod of his wrath. The idea is, not that Babylon has humbled Israel as Jehovah's instrument, but that God himself has brought these troubles upon his people.

"He had led me, hath hedged me about," etc.

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