Rashi, on Lam 3:1

“Aleph. I am the man that see my poverty by the rod of his indignation.”

“I am the man who has seen affliction Jeremiah lamented, saying, “I am the man who has seen affliction,” who has seen affliction more than all the prophets who prophesied concerning the destruction of the Temple, for the Temple was not destroyed in their days, but it was in my days. by the rod of His wrath of the One who chastises and smites, i.e., the Holy One, blessed be He.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.