Lamentations 3:5

Easy To Read Version

The Lord built up bitterness\par and trouble against me.\par He made bitterness and trouble\par come all around me.\par

Cross References

Job 19:8

God has blocked my way\par so I can’t go through.\par He has hidden my path in darkness.\par

Psalm 69:21

They gave me poison, not food.\par They gave me vinegar, not wine.\par

Jeremiah 23:15

So, this is what the Lord All-Powerful says\par about the prophets:\par “I will punish those prophets.\par The punishment will be\par like eating poisoned food and water.\par The prophets started a spiritual sickness.\par And that sickness spread through\par the whole country.\par So I will punish those prophets.\par That sickness came from the prophets\par in Jerusalem.”\par

Jeremiah 8:14

“Why are we just sitting here?\par Come, let’s run to the strong cities.\par If the Lord our God is going to make us die,\par then let’s die there.\par We have sinned against the Lord,\par so God gave us poisoned water to drink.\par

Jeremiah 9:15

So the Lord All-Powerful,\par the God of Israel, says,\par “I will soon make the people of Judah\par eat bitter food.\par I will make them drink poisoned water.\par

Lamentations 3:19

Lord, remember,\par I am very sad.\par And I have no home.\par Remember the bitter poison (punishment)\par that you gave me.\par

Luke 21:20

“You will see armies all around Jerusalem. Then you will know that the time for the destruction of Jerusalem has come.