Lamentations 3:1 - Exposition

Seen . "To see" in Hebrew often means "to experience;" e.g. Jeremiah 5:12 ; Psalms 16:10 ; Ecclesiastes 8:16 . By the rod of his wrath. The idea is, not that Babylon has humbled Israel as Jehovah's instrument, but that God himself has brought these troubles upon his people. "He had led me, hath hedged me about," etc.