Lamentations 3:5
BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail upon me.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
In Context
4He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
6He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:15therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall:
Lamentations 3:7He has builded against me, and I can’t come forth: he has made my brazen chain heavy.
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 →