Lamentations 3:5
He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship.
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- Lam 3:19 : 19 ז(Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.
- Jer 23:15 : 15 So then I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem:‘I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.’”
- Job 19:8 : 8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
- Ps 69:21 : 21 They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
- Jer 8:14 : 14 Jeremiah Laments over the Coming Destruction The people say,“Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the LORD our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.
- Jer 9:15 : 15 So then, listen to what I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, say.‘I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment.
- Lam 3:7-9 : 7 ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. 8 Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer. 9 He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
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- Lam 3:2-43 verses83%
2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.
3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.
4ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
- Lam 3:6-72 verses82%
6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.
7ג(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
- Lam 3:9-135 verses81%
9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable.
10ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.
11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
12He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
13ה(He) He shot his arrows into my heart.
- Job 16:12-143 verses80%
12I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.
14He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.
- Lam 3:15-173 verses79%
15He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness.
16ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
- Job 19:11-133 verses78%
11Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies.
12His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent.
13Job’s Forsaken State“He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.
- Lam 1:13-142 verses78%
13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
14נ(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist.
- Job 19:8-92 verses77%
8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
9He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head.
- Ps 143:3-42 verses76%
3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.
4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
- Job 16:7-104 verses76%
7Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.
8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
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53They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.
- Job 33:10-112 verses75%
10Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!
11He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’
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18He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness.
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6He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.
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3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.
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19ז(Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.
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16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
- Ps 55:3-42 verses74%
3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
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10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.
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15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.
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3The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.
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6know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net.
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21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!
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16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.
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17They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.
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11Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence.
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13They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them.
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18With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.
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5The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.