Lamentations 3:3

3 Against me alone he turns his hand again and again, all day.

Lamentations 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:3

Surely against me is he turned
As an enemy, who used to be a friend; he has so altered and changed the course of his providence, as if his favour and affections were wholly removed; he has planted his artillery against me, and made me the butt of his arrows: or, "only against me"; so Jarchi; as if he was the only person, or the Jews the only people, so afflicted of God: he turneth his hand [against me] all the day;
to smite with one blow after another, and that continually, without ceasing; so the hand of justice was turned upon Christ, as the surety of his people, and he was smitten and stricken of God; while the hand of grace and mercy was turned upon them; see ( Zechariah 13:7 ) .

Lamentations 3:3 In-Context

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his fury,
2 He has led me and made me walk in darkness and not in light.
3 Against me alone he turns his hand again and again, all day.
4 He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken my bones.
5 He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
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