Lamentations 3:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He has laid siege against me, encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

Cross References

Lamentations 3:19

Remember  my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison.

Jeremiah 23:15

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says concerning the prophets: I am about to feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness  has spread throughout the land.

Job 19:8

He has blocked  my way so that I cannot pass through; he has veiled my paths with darkness.

Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to feed this people wormwood  and give them poisonous water to drink.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together; let’s enter the fortified cities and perish there, for the Lord our God has destroyed   us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the  Lord.

Luke 21:20

‘When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,   then recognise that its desolation   has come near.