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Lamentations 3:5 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Lamentations 3:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 3 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.”
Lamentations 3:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 3:5
Siege imagery: "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail" (banah alai vayakaf rosh utla'ah). The verb banah (בָּנָה, "built") suggests constructing siege works—towers, ramps, and walls used in ancient warfare to surround and starve cities. "Compassed" (yakaf, יָקַף) means encircled, surrounded with no escape. "Gall" (rosh, רֹאשׁ) is poison or bitterness. "Travail" (tla'ah, תְּלָאָה) means weariness, hardship. The speaker feels besieged by God Himself—surrounded, cut off, poisoned, and exhausted. This metaphor accurately describes Jerusalem's 18-month siege but also po...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:5
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“the wormwood and the gall.”
“I will feed them with wormwood”
“and has set darkness in my paths.”
“they gave me vinegar to drink.”
“that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.”
“and let us enter into the fortified cities”
“the God of Israel”