Lamentations 3:1
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Cross-reference
Lamentations 1:12-14 describes the same sorrow under divine judgment, with fire in bones and being given into enemies – mirroring the rod of wrath.
In Job 19:21, Job cries that God's hand has touched him – a direct parallel to the man in Lamentations experiencing affliction from God's rod.
Psalm 88:7 says 'Your wrath lies heavy upon me' – a direct parallel to the rod of his wrath in Lamentations 3:1, both describing overwhelming divine anger.
Psalm 88:15 says 'I am afflicted... I suffer your terrors' – a direct parallel to the affliction under God's rod, emphasizing lifelong suffering.
Psalm 88:16 says 'Your wrath has swept over me' – identical imagery of divine wrath overwhelming the sufferer, echoing Lamentations 3:1.
Isaiah 53:3 describes a man of sorrows acquainted with grief – a typological parallel to the afflicted man in Lamentations, prefiguring the suffering Messiah.
Jeremiah 15:17 says 'I sat alone because of your hand, filled with indignation' – mirroring the isolation and divine affliction in Lamentations 3:1.
Jeremiah 15:18 complains of unceasing pain and incurable wound – paralleling the relentless affliction of the man under God's rod.
Jeremiah 20:14-18 shows Jeremiah cursing his birth, mirroring the same deep anguish and affliction under God's rod.
Jeremiah 20:18 laments being born to see toil and sorrow—a parallel to the speaker's affliction.
Ruth 1:20 has Naomi saying the Almighty dealt bitterly with her—a parallel cry of affliction from God.