Lamentations 3:5

New American Bible - revised edition

He has besieged me all around with poverty and hardship;

Cross References

Job 19:8

He has barred my way and I cannot pass; veiled my path in darkness;

Psalm 69:21

Insult has broken my heart, and I despair; I looked for compassion, but there was none, for comforters, but found none.

Jeremiah 23:15

Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts against the prophets: Look, I will give them wormwood to eat, and poisoned water to drink; For from Jerusalem’s prophets ungodliness has gone forth into the whole land.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we remain here? Let us assemble and flee to the fortified cities, where we will meet our doom; For the Lord our God has doomed us, he has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:15

I will scatter them among nations whom neither they nor their ancestors have known; I will send the sword to pursue them until I have completely destroyed them.

Lamentations 3:19

The thought of my wretched homelessness is wormwood and poison;

Luke 21:20

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that its desolation is at hand.