He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
Lamentations 3:5 - Revised Standard Version CI he has beseiged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He hath builded against me, And compassed me with gall and travail. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He has built up [siege mounds] against me and surrounded me with bitterness, tribulation, and anguish. American Standard Version (1901) He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. Common English Bible He besieged me, surrounding me with bitterness and weariness. Catholic Public Domain Version BETH. He has built all around me, and he has encircled me with gall and hardship. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Beth. He hath built round about me and he hath compassed me with gall and labour. |
He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and give them poisoned water to drink; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone forth into all the land.”
Why do we sit still? Gather together, let us go into the fortified cities and perish there; for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish, and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them poisonous water to drink.
“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.