Lamentations 3:11
He has obstructed my path, and torn me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
New Heart English 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 is to me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in hiding.
12He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.HEY
Cross References
Job 16:12I was at ease, and he broke me apart.Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces.He has also set me up for his target.
Isaiah 3:26Her gates shall lament and mourn;and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
Jeremiah 6:8Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you; lest I make you a desolation, a land not inhabited."
Jeremiah 19:8I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
Jeremiah 51:20"You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
Daniel 2:40The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes 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 →