Lamentations 3:11

American Standard Version (1901)

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
  • Lam 1:13 : 13 From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
  • Dan 2:40-44 : 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not mingle with clay. 44 And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
  • Dan 7:23 : 23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
  • Job 16:7 : 7 But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.
  • Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
  • Matt 23:38 : 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
  • Rev 18:19 : 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
  • Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
  • Jer 5:6 : 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.
  • Jer 6:8 : 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
  • Jer 9:10-11 : 10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone. 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
  • Jer 19:8 : 8 And I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
  • Jer 32:43 : 43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
  • Jer 51:20-22 : 20 Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war: and with thee will I break in pieces the nations; and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; 22 and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

    3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

    4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

    5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

    6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

    8Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

    9He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

    10He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.

  • Lam 3:12-13
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    84%

    12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

    13He hath caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my reins.

  • Job 16:9-14
    6 verses
    82%

    9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

    11God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

    12I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

    13His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

    14He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

  • Lam 1:13-14
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    82%

    13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

    14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

  • Job 19:8-11
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    8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

    9He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

    10He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

    11He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.

  • Lam 3:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.

    16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.

    17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

  • Job 16:7
    80%

    7But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

  • Job 30:11-14
    4 verses
    79%

    11For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.

    12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

    13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.

    14As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me] .

  • Job 33:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:

    11He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths.

  • Job 19:13
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    13He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

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    19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

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    7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

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    53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

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    2Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

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    3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

  • Isa 38:13
    77%

    13I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

  • Job 19:6
    76%

    6Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.

  • Ps 71:11
    76%

    11Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.

  • Ps 22:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion.

    14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

    15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

  • Job 17:6
    76%

    6But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

  • Job 9:17
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    17For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.

  • Jer 11:19
    75%

    19But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.