Lamentations 3:5 “He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.”

Lamentations 3:5

He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

World English Bible

He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

American Standard Version

He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

Geneva Bible 1599

He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall, and labour.

Darby Translation

He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.

Young's Literal Translation

He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.

Bible in Basic English

He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.

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Cross references

“builded”

Job 19:8 Lamentations 3:7–9

Job 19:8 · BSB

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.

Lamentations 3:7–9 · BSB

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

“gall”

Lamentations 3:19 Jeremiah 23:15 Psalm 69:21 Jeremiah 8:14 Jeremiah 9:15

Lamentations 3:19 · BSB

Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

Jeremiah 23:15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

Psalm 69:21 · BSB

They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.

Jeremiah 8:14 · BSB

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:15 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

6He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.

Read Lamentations 3