Lamentations 3:5
He has besieged me, surrounding me with bitterness and misery.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
In Context
4He has worn me out; he has broken me in pieces.
6He has forced me to live in darkness like those long dead.
Cross References
Psalms 69:21Instead they gave me bitter herbs to eat and vinegar to drink.
Jeremiah 9:15So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Watch out! I will give these people wormwood to eat and poisoned water to drink.
Lamentations 3:7He has built a wall around me so I can't escape; he has bound me with heavy chains.
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 →