⁵ He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.

¹⁹ Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!

¹⁵ Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, concerning the prophets: Lo, I am causing them to eat wormwood, And have caused them to drink water of gall, For, from prophets of Jerusalem Hath profanity gone forth to all the land.

⁸ My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

²¹ And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar.

¹⁴ Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

¹⁵ Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing them -- this people -- to eat wormwood, And I have caused them to drink water of gall,

⁷ He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

⁸ Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

⁹ He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.