Commentary for Lamentations 1:12
ל֣וֹא אֲלֵיכֶם֮ כָּל־עֹ֣בְרֵי דֶרֶךְ֒ הַבִּ֣יטוּ וּרְא֗וּ אִם־יֵ֤שׁ מַכְאוֹב֙ כְּמַכְאֹבִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר עוֹלַ֖ל לִ֑י אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹגָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה בְּי֖וֹם חֲר֥וֹן אַפּֽוֹ׃ (ס)
All of you who pass along the road, let it not happen to you. Behold and see, if there is any pain like my pain, which has been dealt to me, [with] which the Lord saddened [me] on the day of His fierce anger.
Rashi on Lamentations
May this not happen to you. Such a calamity should not happen to all those who transgress the law.43עוברי דרך is translated thus, ‘those who transgress [עוברי] the way [דרך] of the Torah.’ The Sages said, that from here it is derived that to [publicly] complain about one’s troubles has a basis in Scripture, [for Scripture states here,] “see what He did to me” [and] “Notice, see, etc.”44Maseches Sanhedrin 104b.
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Rashi on Lamentations
That has been visited upon me. That was done to me.
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Rashi on Lamentations
When Adonoy brought grief. Upon me on the day He vented His wrath. This הוֹגָה too is an expression of grief.45Alternatively, הגה is an expression of speech; the phrase meaning, ‘that God had spoken [through His prophets].’
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