Lamentations 3:52 meaning and explanation

Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

Lamentations 3:52, Berean Standard Bible

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These words come from the middle of a long lament spoken by a man who has suffered under God's anger, likely voicing the grief of Jerusalem after its fall. In verses 52 to 54 he describes being hunted like a bird, dropped alive into a pit, and nearly drowned, images of unjust pursuit and near death.

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