Lamentations 3:52
They, have laid snares, for me as a bird, who are mine enemies without cause:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
In Context
51Mine eye dealeth severely with my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
53They have cut off, in the dungeon, my life, and have cast a stone upon me;
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:28Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid,—for Yahweh, will certainly make, for my lord an assured house, for, the battles of Yahweh, is my lord fighting, and, wrong, shall not be found in thee, all thy days;
Psalms 11:1In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird;
Psalms 35:19Let not them who are falsely my foes rejoice over me, As for them who hate me without cause, let them not wink the eye!
Psalms 109:3And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause:
Jeremiah 37:15Then were the princes wroth against Jeremiah, and smote him,—and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for that, had they made the prison.
Jeremiah 38:4Then said the princes unto the king,—Let this man we pray thee, be put to death, for in this way, is he weakening the hands of the men of war who are left in this, city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them such words as these; for, this man, is not seeking prosperity for this people but misfortune.
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 →