Lamentations 3:11
He hath turned aside the darkhei of mine, and pulled me in pieces; 1 He hath made me desolate. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
In Context
10He was unto me like a dov (bear) lying in wait, 1 and like an aryeh in mistarim (hiding places). 1
12He hath bent His keshet, 1 and set me as a target for the khetz (arrow). 1
Cross References
Job 16:12I was at ease, but He hath shattered me; 1 He hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, 1 and set me up for His mattarah (object of attack, target). 1
Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; 1 and she being desolate shall sit upon ha'aretz.
Jeremiah 6:8Be thou warned, O Yerushalayim, 1 lest My nefesh depart from thee; 1 lest I make thee desolate, an eretz not inhabited. 1
Jeremiah 19:8And I will make this city desolate, and an object of hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the makkot (plagues) thereof.
Jeremiah 51:20Thou art my battle ax and klei milchamah (weapons of war); 1 for with thee will I break in pieces the Goyim, 1 and with thee will I destroy mamlechot (kingdoms); 1
Daniel 2:40And the fourth mamlachah shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.
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 →