Lamentations 3:5
He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
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Referenced Verses
- Lam 3:19 : 19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
- Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.
- Job 19:8 : 8 My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
- Ps 69:21 : 21 And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.
- Jer 8:14 : 14 Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.
- Jer 9:15 : 15 Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them -- this people -- to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,
- Lam 3:7-9 : 7 He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter. 8 Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer. 9 He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
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- Lam 3:2-43 verses83%
2 Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light.
3 Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
4 He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
- Lam 3:6-72 verses82%
6 In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
- Lam 3:9-135 verses81%
9 He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
10 A bear lying in wait He `is' to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
12 He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
13 He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
- Job 16:12-143 verses80%
12 At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.
13 Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.
14 He breaketh me -- breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.
- Lam 3:15-173 verses79%
15 He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me `with' wormwood.
16 And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
17 And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
- Job 19:11-133 verses78%
11 And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.
12 Come in do His troops together, And they raise up against me their way, And encamp round about my tent.
13 My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.
- Lam 1:13-142 verses78%
13 From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.
14 Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise.
- Job 19:8-92 verses77%
8 My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
9 Mine honour from off me He hath stripped, And He turneth the crown from my head.
- Ps 143:3-42 verses76%
3 For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.
4 And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
- Job 16:7-104 verses76%
7 Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,
8 And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.
9 His anger hath torn, and he hateth me, He hath gnashed at me with his teeth, My adversary sharpeneth his eyes for me.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
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53 They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
- Job 33:10-112 verses75%
10 Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,
11 He doth put in the stocks my feet, He doth watch all my paths.'
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18 He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
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6 And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
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3 They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.
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19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
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16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
- Ps 55:3-42 verses74%
3 Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.
4 My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me.
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10 For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.
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15 And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;
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3 Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
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6 Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,
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21 They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done `it', Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.
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16 And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.
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17 They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
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11 Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.
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13 They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, `He hath no helper.'
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18 By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it doth gird me.
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5 Cords of Sheol have surrounded me, Before me have been snares of death.