15 He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness,
15 He has filled me with bitterness; he has sated me with wormwood.
15 He forced rotten, stinking food down my throat, bloated me with vile drinks.
15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.
15 He has filled me with bitterness and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
19 Remembering
19 Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall!
19 I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed.
19 Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.
19 The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.
(Read Lamentations 3:1-20)
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks that his strength and hope are perished from the Lord.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 3:15
Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20
(Read Lamentations 3:1-20)
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks that his strength and hope are perished from the Lord.