Lamentations 1:20

“Behold, O Lord, for I [am] in distress, etc.] Thus she turns from one to another; sometimes she addresses strangers, people that pass by; sometimes she calls to her lovers; and at other times to God, which is best of all, to have pity and compassion on her in her distress; and from whom it may be most expected, who is a God of grace and mercy: my bowels are troubled; as the sea, agitated by winds, which casts up mire and dirt; or as any waters, moved by anything whatsoever, become thick and muddy; or like wine in fermentation; so the word <Arabic> f35, in the Arabic language, signifies, expressive of great disturbance, confusion, and uneasiness: mine heart is turned within me; has no rest…”

“bowels . . . troubled-- (Job 30:27; Isa 16:11; Jer 4:19; Jer 31:20). Extreme mental distress affects the bowels and the whole internal frame. heart . . . turned-- (Hos 11:8); is agitated or fluttered. abroad . . . sword . . . at home . . . as death-- (Deu 32:25; Eze 7:15). The "as" does not modify, but intensifies. "Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home as it were death itself" (personified), in the form of famine and pestilence (Kg2 25:3; Jer 14:18; Jer 52:6). So Hab 2:5, "as death" [MICHAELIS].”

“Troubled - Or, inflamed with sorrow. Turned within me - Agitated violently. At home there is as death - i. e. “in the house” there are pale pining forms, wasting with hunger, and presenting the appearance of death. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Death - By famine and pestilence. Lamentations 1:21”

“1:20 The leaders and people of Judah had rebelled (Jer 2:17; 5:6, 23) by rejecting the one true God and his commandments and by resisting the invaders God had sent (2 Kgs 24:1, 20; 2 Chr 36:13).”

“Behold: Lam 1:9, Lam 1:11; Isa 38:14 my bowels: Lam 2:11; Job 30:27; Psa 22:14; Isa 16:11; Jer 4:19, Jer 31:20, Jer 48:36; Hos 11:8; Hab 3:16 for: Lam 1:18; Lev 26:40-42; Kg1 8:47-50; Job 33:27; Psa 51:3, Psa 51:4; Pro 28:13; Jer 2:35, Jer 3:13; Luk 15:18, Luk 15:19, Luk 18:13, Luk 18:14 abroad: Lam 4:9, Lam 4:10; Deu 32:25; Jer 9:21, Jer 9:22, Jer 14:18; Eze 7:15 Lamentations 1:21”

“Since neither comfort nor advice is to be found with men, Jerusalem makes her complaint of need to God the Lord. "See, Jahveh, that I am distressed. My bowels glow." חמרמרוּ, the passive enhancing form, from חמר, is found, besides, only in Lam 2:11, where the clause before us is repeated, and in Job 16:16, where it is used of the countenance, and can only mean to be glowing red; it is scarcely legitimate to derive it from חמר, Arab. h\mr, to be made red, and must rather be referred to Arab. chmr, to ferment, rise into froth; for even in [Psa 55:9 חמר does not mean to be red, but to rise into froth. מעים, "bowels," are the nobler portions of the internal organs of the body, the seat of the…”