Lamentations 3:5
He hath built up against me, and carried round me, fortifications and a trench;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
In Context
4He hath worn out my flesh and my skin, hath broken my bones;
6In dark places, hath he made me sit, like the dead of age-past times.
Cross References
Psalms 69:21But they put in my food—poison! And, for my thirst, they gave for my drink—vinegar!
Jeremiah 9:15Therefore, Thus saith Yahweh of hosts, The God of Israel, Behold me! Feeding them, even this people, with wormwood,—And I will cause them to drink, poisoned water;
Lamentations 3:7He hath walled up around me, that I cannot get out, hath weighted my fetter;
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 →