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Lamentations 3:7-15 Common English Bible (CEB)

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.

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