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Lamentations 3:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. "

Lamentations 3:5

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3 Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long.

4 He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones.

5 He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

6 He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

7 He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.

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Lamentations 3:1

"I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath."

Lamentations 3:2

"He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light."

Lamentations 3:3

"Surely he turns his hand against me again and again all day long."

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"He has made my flesh and my skin old. He has broken my bones."

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"He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead."

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"He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy."

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