Lamentations 3:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:11 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:11 — KJV
“He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.”
— Lamentations 3:11 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:11 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:11
“From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:11: hath, turned, made
“They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:11: turned, aside, made
“And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:11: turned, aside, made
“And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:11: turned, aside, made
“And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:11: turned, aside, ways
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