Lamentations 3:5
“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
He hath builded against me,.... Fortresses, as the Targum adds; as when forts and batteries were raised by the Chaldeans…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
He hath builded ... - The metaphor is taken from the operations in a siege. Gall and travail - Or “travail;” i. e.…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
He hath builded against me - Perhaps there is a reference here to the mounds and ramparts raised by the Chaldeans in…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Lamentations 3:1-20
The title of the 102nd Psalm might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter - The prayer of the afflicted, when he is…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
He hath builded against me, and compassed Here as in Lam 3:3 we have to deal with the idiom by which two verbs are used…
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