Lamentations 3:11 meaning and explanation
He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
Lamentations 3:11, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is an unnamed man voicing Jerusalem's suffering after the Babylonian destruction of 586 BC, and in this verse he pictures God as a predator. The Hebrew verb translated "tore me to pieces" is used elsewhere of wild animals mauling prey, matching the bear and lion images in verse 10.
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