Lamentations 3:5
He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
In Context
4My flesh and my skin have been used up by him and my bones broken.
6He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
Cross References
Psalms 69:21\69:20\My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.
Jeremiah 9:15So the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, I will give them, even this people, bitter plants for food and bitter water for drink.
Lamentations 3:7He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →