He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.
Lamentations 3:5 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 He built against me, and he will surround with poison and distress. 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. |
He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.
And they will give my food poison, and for my thirst they will give me vinegar to drink.
For this, thus said Jehovah of armies concerning the prophets, Behold me feeding them with wormwood, and I caused to drink the water of poison: for from the prophets of Jerusalem went forth profaneness to all the earth.
For what are we sitting? gather ye together and we will go into the fortified cities, and we shall be silent there: for Jehovah our God caused us to cease, and he will give us to drink the water of poison, for we sinned against Jehovah.
For this, thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel: Behold me causing this people to eat wormwood, and I gave them to drink water of poison.
Remembering my affliction and my bitterness, the wormwood and the poison.
And when ye see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its devastation has drawn near.