Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. New Living Translation He has besieged and surrounded me with anguish and distress. English Standard Version he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; Berean Standard Bible He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. King James Bible He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. New King James Version He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe. New American Standard Bible He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. NASB 1995 He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship. NASB 1977 He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship. Legacy Standard Bible He has besieged and encompassed me with gall and hardship. Amplified Bible He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. Christian Standard Bible He has laid siege against me, encircling me with bitterness and hardship. Holman Christian Standard Bible He has laid siege against me, encircling me with bitterness and hardship. American Standard Version He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. Contemporary English Version He attacked and surrounded me with hardships and trouble; English Revised Version He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. GOD'S WORD® Translation He has attacked me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. Good News Translation He has shut me in a prison of misery and anguish. International Standard Version He laid siege against me, surrounding me with bitterness and suffering. Majority Standard Bible He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. NET Bible He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship. New Heart English Bible He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. Webster's Bible Translation He hath built against me, and compassed me with gall and labor. World English Bible He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHe has built up against me, "" And sets around poverty and weariness. Young's Literal Translation He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness. Smith's Literal Translation He built against me, and he will surround with poison and distress. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBeth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour. Catholic Public Domain Version BETH. He has built all around me, and he has encircled me with gall and hardship. New American Bible He has besieged me all around with poverty and hardship; New Revised Standard Version he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe has built ramparts against me, and compassed me with bitterness and travail. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He has built up against me and bitterness and desolation surrounded me* OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He hath builded against me, and compassed me With gall and travail. Brenton Septuagint Translation BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail upon me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Afflictions…4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. 5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 6He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.… Cross References Psalm 88:6-7 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. / Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah Job 19:12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent. Isaiah 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them. Jeremiah 6:6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst. Psalm 69:1-3 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. / I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. / I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God. Isaiah 5:5 Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled. Ezekiel 13:10-15 Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’ ... Psalm 31:9-10 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well. / For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away. Jeremiah 4:7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited. Isaiah 10:5-6 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. Romans 8:35-37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 2 Corinthians 1:8-9 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. Hebrews 12:6-11 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” / Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? / If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. ... 1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you. / But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. Treasury of Scripture He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. builded Lamentations 3:7-9 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy… Job 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. gall Lamentations 3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. Psalm 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Jeremiah 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. Jump to Previous Besieged Bitter Bitterness Builded Built Compassed Encompassed Enveloped Gall Hardship Labor Poverty Round Shutting Sorrow Surrounded Toil Travail Tribulation Wall WearinessJump to Next Besieged Bitter Bitterness Builded Built Compassed Encompassed Enveloped Gall Hardship Labor Poverty Round Shutting Sorrow Surrounded Toil Travail Tribulation Wall WearinessLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies He has besieged me The phrase "He has besieged me" evokes the imagery of a city under siege, a common occurrence in ancient times, particularly in the context of the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem. The Hebrew root word for "besieged" is "tsur," which means to bind, confine, or lay siege. This reflects the overwhelming sense of entrapment and pressure that the author, traditionally believed to be Jeremiah, feels. Historically, sieges were brutal and relentless, often leading to famine and despair. Spiritually, this can be seen as a metaphor for the soul's struggle when it feels surrounded by trials and tribulations, emphasizing the need for reliance on God's deliverance. and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He has besiegedבָּנָ֥ה (bā·nāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1129: To build me עָלַ֛י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against and surrounded me וַיַּקַּ֖ף (way·yaq·qap̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5362: To strike, to knock together, surround, circulate with bitterness רֹ֥אשׁ (rōš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7219: A poisonous plant, the poppy, poison and hardship. וּתְלָאָֽה׃ (ū·ṯə·lā·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8513: Weariness, hardship Links Lamentations 3:5 NIVLamentations 3:5 NLT Lamentations 3:5 ESV Lamentations 3:5 NASB Lamentations 3:5 KJV Lamentations 3:5 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:5 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:5 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:5 French Bible Lamentations 3:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:5 He has built against me and surrounded (Lam. La Lm) |