Lamentations 3:13 - Exposition

This verse seems strangely short—it consists of only four words in the Hebrew, Probably something like "his weapons," or "the weapons of death" ( Psalms 7:13 ), has fallen out. Restore them, and the verse becomes a two-membered one, like its companions. To enter into my reins. So Job ( Job 16:12 ), "He cleaveth my reins asunder." "Reins," equivalent to "inward parts," like "heart," with which it is often combined; e.g. Jeremiah 11:20 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Jeremiah 20:12 .