Lamentations 3:5

“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.”

"He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail." - Lamentations 3:5
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What does Lamentations 3:5 mean?

The verse Lamentations 3:5 from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible reads: "I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath." The book of Lamentations is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem and its aftermath. Traditionally, the…

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Embracing Our Trials: Finding Hope in the Midst of Suffering

The Book of Lamentations, penned by the prophet Jeremiah, is a poignant reminder of the heartache and mourning that can accompany life's trials. Chapter 3, verse 5 states, "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail." This verse encapsulates the…

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A Prayer of Reflection Amidst Trials

O Lord God Almighty, In this sacred moment, I come before You with a heart weighed down by trials and tribulations. As I reflect on the profound words from Lamentations 3:5, "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail," I recognize the depths of anguish…

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Lamentations 3:5 - "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."
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"We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows." - Lamentations 5:3
Lamentations 5:5 - "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest."
Lamentations 3:13
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Lamentations 3:31 - "For the Lord will not cast off for ever:"
Lamentations 5:11 - "They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah."
Lamentations 5:2 - "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."
Lamentations 5:17 - "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."
Lamentations 3:23 - "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 5:7 - "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
Lamentations 3:3 - "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day."
Lamentations 5:15 - "The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning."
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
Lamentations 5:6 - "We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread."
Lamentations 5:10 - "Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine."
Lamentations 5:13 - "They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood."
Lamentations 5:12 - "Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured."
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:47 - "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 3:34 - "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,"
Lamentations 3:50 - "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven."
Lamentations 5:14 - "The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick."
Lamentations 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:29 - "He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."