Lamentations 3:15

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He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.

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  • Jer 9:15 : 15 'I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have finished them off.'
  • Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.
  • Jer 25:15-18 : 15 This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: 'Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it.' 16 They will drink, stagger, and act like madmen because of the sword I am sending among them. 17 So I took the cup from the LORD’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent me drink it. 18 Jerusalem, the towns of Judah, its kings, and officials, to make them a ruin, a desolation, an object of hissing and cursing, as they are today.
  • Jer 25:27 : 27 Then say to them: This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Drink, get drunk, and vomit; fall and do not rise, because of the sword I am sending among you.'
  • Lam 3:19 : 19 Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall.
  • Ruth 1:20 : 20 She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.
  • Job 9:18 : 18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
  • Ps 60:3 : 3 You, O God, have rejected us and broken us; you have been angry—restore us again.
  • Isa 51:17-22 : 17 Wake yourself, wake yourself! Arise, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl of staggering. 18 There is no one to guide her among all the sons she has borne, and no one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has raised. 19 These double calamities have come upon you—destruction and devastation, famine and sword. Who will console you? 20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street like antelopes caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God. 21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, who are drunk but not with wine. 22 This is what your Lord, the Lord your God who defends His people, says: 'See, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering, the goblet of My wrath. You will never drink from it again.'

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    19Remember my affliction and my wandering—the bitterness and the gall.

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    11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

    12He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.

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    14I have become the laughingstock of all my people; their mocking song all day long.

  • Job 9:17-18
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    17For He crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.

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    1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath.

    2He has driven me away and brought me into darkness, not into light.

    3Surely against me He turns His hand again and again, all day long.

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    5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

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    15'I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have finished them off.'

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    11God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

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    4My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

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    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

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    17I did not sit in the company of revelers nor did I rejoice. Because of Your hand, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

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    23They offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.

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    16And now my soul is poured out within me; days of suffering seize hold of me.

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