John Trapp on Lamentations 3:2-3

Ver. 2. He hath led me and brought me into darkneſſe] Perſtat ſemper in Metaphora paſtoriti[illegible: 1 letter], ſay ſome, who by rod in the foregoing verſe underſtand Gods ſhepherds wand, wherewith, when he is diſpleaſed, he driveth his unruly ſheep into dark and dangerous places: See Pſal. 23.3.4. Mic. 7.9.

Hinc inde continenter verberat. Jun.Ver. 3. Surely againſt me is he turned] Metaphora a colaphizantibus, a Metaphor from buffetters who double their blows; beating their adverſaries on both ſides, as the ſmith doth his red-hot iron upon the anvil, till he hath ſhaped it.