Lamentations 1:13

Lamentations 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“From above He has sent fire into my bones, And it overpowered them; He has spread a net for my feet And turned me back; He has made me desolate And faint all the day.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones. He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back. He has left me devastated, racked with sickness all day long.

Context of Lamentations 1:13

11All her people groan as they search for bread; they barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. “Look, Lord, and consider, for I am despised.” 12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the Lord brought on me in the day of his fierce anger? “From on high he sent fire, sent it down into my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long. 14“My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand. 15“The Lord has rejected all the warriors in my midst; he has summoned an army against me to crush my young men. In his winepress the Lord has trampled Virgin Daughter Judah.

Lamentations 1:13 word by word

מִמָּר֛וֹם שָֽׁלַח־אֵ֥שׁ בְּעַצְמֹתַ֖י וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה פָּרַ֨שׂ רֶ֤שֶׁת לְרַגְלַי֙ הֱשִׁיבַ֣נִי אָח֔וֹר נְתָנַ֙נִי֙ שֹֽׁמֵמָ֔ה כָּל־הַיּ֖וֹם דָּוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From aboveמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
• hath he sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• into my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• and it prevailethרָדָהrâdâh · to ruleH7287
• against them: he hath spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• a netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
• for my feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• he hath turnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• me backאָחוֹר'âchôr 'âchôr · backH268
• he hath madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• me desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• faintדָּוֶהdâveh · sickH1739
• all the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Lamentations 1:13

• Lamentations 2:3In fierce anger he has cut off every horn of Israel. He has withdrawn his right hand at the approach of the enemy. He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire that consumes everything around it.
• Deuteronomy 32:21They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
• Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever.
• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
• Psalms 31:10My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.
• Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.
• Nahum 1:6Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his fierce anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; the rocks are shattered before him.
• Habakkuk 3:16I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• Hebrews 12:29for our “God is a consuming fire.”
• Lamentations 4:17Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.
• Job 18:8His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.
• Job 19:6then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me.
• Psalms 66:11You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.
• Ezekiel 12:13I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylonia, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.
• Ezekiel 17:20I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment on him there because he was unfaithful to me.

Commentaries on Lamentations 1:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-16Verses 12-16 The lamentation of the city, personified as a woman in grief over her fate. Lamentations 1:13 It prevaileth - Or, hath subdued. He hath turned me back - Judaea, like a hunted animal, endeavors to escape, but finds every outlet blocked by nets, and recoils from them with terror and a sense of utter hopelessness. Lamentations 1:14 Bound by his hand - As the plowman binds the yoke upon the neck of oxen, so God compels Judah to bear the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 Jerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferings were great, but her inward sufferings were harder to bear, through the sense of guilt. Sorrow for sin must be great sorrow, and must affect the soul. Here we see the evil of sin, and may take warning to flee from the wrath to come. Whatever may be learned from the sufferings of Jerusalem, far…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians was sudden and overwhelming, like a fire sent from heaven (that is, destruction believed to come from God).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. bones--a fire which not only consumes the skin and flesh, but penetrates even to my "bones" (that is, my vital powers). prevaileth against--not as Rosenmuller, "He (Jehovah) hath broken them"; a sense not in the Hebrew. net--(Eze 12:13); image from hunting wild beasts. He has so entangled me in His judgments that I cannot escape. turned me back--so that I cannot go forward and get free from His meshes. Nun.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Faint
• Poetry
• Acrostic
• Alphabet
• Bone; Bones
• Lamentations, Book of
• Poetry, Hebrew
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Lamentations 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings