15 He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness,
15 He has filled me with bitterness; he has sated me with wormwood.
15 He forced rotten, stinking food down my throat, bloated me with vile drinks.
15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.
15 He has filled me with bitterness and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Lamentations 3:15
Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20
(Read Lamentations 3:1-20)
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 had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the weakest believer is wrong, if he thinks that his strength and hope are perished from the Lord.