Lamentations 3:5

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

He has built up against me and surrounded me with bitterness and weariness;

Latin

Ædificavit in gyro meo, et circumdedit me felle et labore.

Hebrew

English

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

The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.

In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).

Lamentations 3:19
Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
Jeremiah 23:15
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.”
Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Jeremiah 9:15
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.
Jeremiah 8:14
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.
Psalm 69:21
They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
Lamentations 3:7–9
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.