Lamentations 3:1

The Passion Translation

I am the man acquainted with misery by the rod of his anger.

Cross References

Psalm 88:7

I feel your wrath, and it’s a heavy weight upon me, drowning me beneath a sea of sorrow. Pause in his presence

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took me and put me into the muddy cistern of the king’s son Malchiah in the palace courtyard. There was little water in the cistern, only mud. They lowered me down with ropes, and I sank down deep into the mud.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of deep sorrows who was no stranger to suffering and grief. We hid our faces from him in disgust and considered him a nobody, not worthy of respect.

Psalm 71:20

Even though you’ve let us sink down with trials and troubles, I know you will revive us again, lifting us up from the dust of death.

Jeremiah 43:6

They also led off the men, women, children, and the king’s daughters, too, and every single person that Nebuzaradan the field general had left under the charge of Gedaliah son of Ahikam. This included the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah.

Psalm 102:11

My days are marked by the lengthening shadows of death. I’m withering away and there’s nothing left of me.

Jeremiah 8:21

I am broken over the brokenness of my dear people. I mourn all day long. Horror has gripped me.