What does Lamentations 3:9-20 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He hath caused the arrowsa of his quiver to enter into my reins.
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitterness,b he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath coveredc me with ashes.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.d
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Rememberinge mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbledf in me.