Lamentations 3:52
For no reason my enemies trapped me like a bird.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
In Context
51What I've seen torments me because of what's happened to all the women in my city.
53They tried to kill me by tossing me into a pit and throwing stones at me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:28Please forgive any offense that I, your servant, have committed, for the Lord is sure to set up a dynasty for you that will last for a long time, because you, sir, fight the battles of the Lord. Wickedness should not be found in you as long as you live.
Psalms 11:1Lord, you are my protection. So how can you tell me, “Fly away to the mountains like a bird”?
Psalms 35:19Don't let my enemies take pleasure in my troubles, those people who hate me and tell lies about me, gloating over me for no reason.
Psalms 109:3They surround me with words of hate, fighting against me for no reason.
Jeremiah 37:15The officers were furious with Jeremiah. They had him beaten and locked up in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which had been turned into a prison.
Jeremiah 38:4The officers told the king, “This man deserves to die because he's demoralizing the defenders left in the city, and all the people too, by telling them this. This man isn't trying to help these people, he's only going to destroy them.”
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:43-55
Complaining to God. ( b. c. 588.) 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of… Read the whole commentary →