Lamentations 3:15

15 Il m'a rassasié d'amertume; il m'a enivré d'absinthe.

Lamentations 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:15

He hath filled me with bitterness
Or "with bitternesses" {m}; instead of food, bitter herbs; the allusion perhaps is to the bitter herbs eaten at the passover, and signify bitter afflictions, sore calamities, of which the prophet and his people had their fill. The Targum is,

``with the gall of serpents;''
see ( Job 20:14 ) ; he hath made me drunken with wormwood;
with wormwood drink; but this herb being a wholesome one, though bitter, some think that henbane, or wolfsbane, is rather meant, which is of a poisonous and intoxicating nature; it is no unusual thing for persons to be represented as drunk with affliction, ( Isaiah 51:17 Isaiah 51:21 ) ( Jeremiah 25:27 ) .
FOOTNOTES:

F13 (Myrwrmb) "amaritudinibus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Michaelis, "amaroribus", Cocceius.

Lamentations 3:15 In-Context

13 Il a fait entrer dans mes reins les flèches de son carquois.
14 Je suis la risée de tout mon peuple, et leur chanson tout le jour.
15 Il m'a rassasié d'amertume; il m'a enivré d'absinthe.
16 Il m'a brisé les dents avec du gravier; il m'a couvert de cendre.
17 Tu as éloigné la paix de mon âme; j'ai oublié le bonheur.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.