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## Lamentations 3:10-13 in Context (Verses 7–16 KJV)
 
 [7 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/7) He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/8) Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/9) He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/10) He *was* unto me *as* a bear lying in wait, *and as* a lion in secret places.
 
 [11 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/11) He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/12) He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/13) He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.*
 
 [14 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/14) I was a derision to all my people; *and* their song all the day.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/15) He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.*
 
 [16 ](/kjv/lamentations/3/16) He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.*
 
[Lamentations 2](/kjv/lamentations/2) [Lamentations 4](/kjv/lamentations/4)

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