Lamentations 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

Above

He hath spread

He hath turned

Desolate

General references

Deuteronomy 28:66

Ezekiel 32:3

Bible References

Above

In his burning anger he cut down every horn (strength) (power) of Israel. He turned his right hand back from before the enemy. He has put a fire in Jacob devouring and destroying all around.

They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods. They angered him because they worshiped worthless idols. So I will use those who are not my people to make them jealous and a nation of godless fools to make them angry.

My skin grows black on me and my bones burn with fever.

I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak).

My life is spent from sorrow, my years from groaning. My strength staggers under the weight of my guilt, and my bones waste away.

My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Who can stand before his indignation (displeasure)? Who can resist (withstand) (endure) the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken to pieces by him.

I heard and my body trembled! My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness entered into my bones and I tremble. I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the people who invade us.

They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.

Our God is a destroying (consuming) fire.

He hath spread

Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help. We watch for a nation unable to give salvation.

His feet cast him into a net and he wanders into its mesh.

then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.

You have trapped us in a net. You have laid burdens on our backs.

I will also spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans. Yet he will not see it, though he will die there.

I will spread out a hunter's net and catch him in it. I will take him to Babylon and punish him there, because he was unfaithful to me.

The Lord Jehovah says: 'Now I will spread my net over you with a company of many peoples. They will lift you up in my net.

When you go, I will spread my net over you. I will snatch you out of the air like a bird. I will punish you for all the evil things you have done.

He hath turned

Let those who seek my life be put to shame and disgraced. Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion.

Let those who seek my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced.

May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward.

Those who trust in idols and call images their gods will be humiliated and disgraced.

Desolate

Let all their badness come before you. Do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

Because of this our hearts are feeble. For these things our eyes are dark.

You will find no peace among those nations. There will be no place to call your own. There Jehovah will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair.

O my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. My heart pounds in side of me. My heart is pounding! I cannot keep quiet because I hear a ram's horn sounding the alarm for war.

General references

Your life will always be in danger. Day and night you will be filled with terror. You will live in constant fear of death.

The Lord Jehovah says: 'Now I will spread my net over you with a company of many peoples. They will lift you up in my net.