Albert Barnes Commentary Lamentations 3:5
Albert Barnes Commentary
Lamentations 3:5
1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes Commentary
Lamentations 3:5
1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE
"He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail." — Lamentations 3:5 (ASV)
He hath builded ... - The metaphor is taken from the operations in a siege.
Gall and travail - Or “travail;” that is, bitterness and weariness (through toil).