God has blocked my way\par so I can’t go through.\par He has hidden my path in darkness.\par
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 Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
God has blocked my way\par so I can’t go through.\par He has hidden my path in darkness.\par
They gave me poison, not food.\par They gave me vinegar, not wine.\par
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
“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
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
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
“You will see armies all around Jerusalem. Then you will know that the time for the destruction of Jerusalem has come.