Lamentations 3:5
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 3 connects to 8 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
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He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
Tham chiếu chéo
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent …
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with …
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them …
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.