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The Overwhelming Nature of Grief
Commentators explain that the phrases 'filled with bitterness' and 'drunken with wormwood' depict a state of being completely overwhelmed and disoriented by suffering. The original Hebrew even uses the plural 'bitternesses,' suggesting a multitude of sorrows that saturate the soul, much like a drunk person loses their senses. This imagery validates the experience of profound, all-consuming grief.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:10–18
18th Century
Theologian
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.
The meaning of Lame…
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:15
19th Century
Bishop
Bitterness. —The Hebrew gives the plural, bitternesses. With these, the sorrows which are like the bitter herbs of life (…
Charles Spurgeon
On Lamentations 3:14–17
19th Century
Preacher
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with …
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John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:15
16th Century
Theologian
Some render the last word “wormwood,” but this word does not seem to me to suit the passage, because although wormwood is bitter, it is also a whol…
John Gill
On Lamentations 3:15
17th Century
Pastor
He has filled me with bitterness Or "with bitternesses" F13; instead of food, bitter herbs; the allusion perha…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:1–20
17th Century
Minister
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…