Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Lamentations 3:3
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.
Is he turned; he turneth – Or, surely against me hath he turned his hand again and again all the day long.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The course of Gods providence toward me is quite altered, his hand, that is, his power, which was wont to be with me, and for me, against my enemies, is now turned against me; nor is it for a moment, or for one stroke or two, but his hand is continually against me.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
3. turneth . . . handtoinflict again and again new strokes. “His hand,” which onceused to protect me. “Turned . . . turneth” implies repeatedinflictions.
Beth.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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 Zec 13:7.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Now he says that God was an adversary to him; for this is what the verb ישב, isheb, means, he is turned against me. As an enemy, when intending to fight, comes to meet one from the opposite side, so the Prophet says of God, who had become an enemy to him; and he teaches the same thing in another way when he says that he perceived that the hand of God was against him : He turns, he says, against me his hand daily, or all the day, כל-היום, cal-eium. But the Prophet simply means constancy, as though he had said that there was no truce, no cessation, because God manifested the rigor of his vengeance without limit or end. He afterwards adds, —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(3) Against me is he turned.Better, against me He turneth His hand again and again, the first verb being one of frequentative action, and giving that significance to the second.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
3. Surely against me This verse is idiomatic and intense. Surely against me hath he turned his hand again and again all the day long. “ His hand is the smiting of God.” (Keil.)
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lam 3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.
Ver. 3. Surely against me is he turned. ] Metaphora a colaphizantibus. A metaphor from buffeters, who double their blows, beating their adversaries on both sides, as the smith doth his red hot iron upon the anvil till he hath shaped it. a
a Hinc inde continenter verberat. – Jun.
Lam 2:4-7, Deu 29:20, Job 31:21, Isa 1:25, Isa 63:10
Reciprocal: Exo 7:4 – that I Job 9:18 – will not Job 16:14 – breaketh Jer 6:12 – I will Eze 5:8 – even I
Lam 3:3. Jeremiah feels the weight of God’s hand as it is extended against the doers of iniquity in the nation, particularly the princes or leaders among them.
Lam 3:3-7. Surely against me is he turned The course of his providence toward me is quite altered. He was formerly kind and gracious, but now exercises an afflicting hand against me, and that not occasionally, or for a short time, but continually, all the day. The phrase, He turneth his hand against me, is equivalent to that which occurs Isa 1:25, I will turn thy hand upon thee, where see the note. My flesh, &c., hath he made old Hebrew, , hath wasted, caused to decay. See notes on Job 16:8; Psa 31:10; Psa 32:3. He hath broken my bones The anguish I feel in my mind is as painful to me as if all my bones were broken. He hath builded against me He hath blocked me up in a strait place; he has so enclosed me with calamities that there is no escaping them; and compassed me with gall, &c. Hath filled me with grief and anguish of mind, which is no less bitter than gall to the mouth. He hath set me in dark places, &c. He hath confined me to a dungeon where no light enters; and I am secluded from human society, as if I were out of the world. He probably refers to the pit of the prison into which he was cast by the command of Zedekiah. He hath hedged me about See Lam 3:5, and the margin. He hath made my chain heavy He hath made my bondage, or my imprisonment, grievous.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments