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Lamentations 3:6-16 Common English Bible (CEB)

6. He made me live in dark places like those who’ve been dead a long time.

7. He walled me in so I couldn’t escape; he made my chains heavy.

8. Even though I call out and cry for help, he silences my prayer.

9. He walled in my paths with stonework; he made my routes crooked.

10. He is a bear lurking for me, a lion in hiding.

11. He took me from my path and tore me apart; he made me desolate.

12. He drew back his bow, made me a shooting target for arrows.

13. He shot the arrows of his quiver into my inside parts.

14. I have become a joke to all my people, the object of their song of ridicule all day long.

15. He saturated me with grief, made me choke on bitterness.

16. He crushed my teeth into the gravel; he pressed me down into the ashes.

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