Lecture 5

^3:13^ He. He has shot into my reins the daughters of his quiver.

^3:14^ He. I am made a derision to all my people, their song all the day long.

^3:15^ He. He has filled me with bitterness, he has inebriated me with wormwood.

49. Here, in the second place, he presents the affliction of the punishment: into my reins, which signifies the wantonness of the people; the daughters, arrows, or the various punishment coming forth from his providence. He has opened his quiver, and has afflicted me (Job 30:11).

Third, he presents the delusion of the one punished: I am made a derision to all my people. This is fulfilled in Jeremiah: I am become a laughing-stock all the day, all scoff at me (Jer 20:7); likewise, the people were also derided by others.

He has filled me. Here he shows that it is done abundantly.

And first, as regards the multitude of pains: he has filled me with bitterness, with various anxieties; he has inebriated me, brought it upon me abundantly (Jer 41:3–10).

Second, at and he has broken (Lam 3:16), as regards the number of people punished.