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Lam. 3:52 KJV (With Strong’s)

Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

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chased.

Jer. 37:15‑16• ¹⁵Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
¹⁶When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; (Jer. 37:15‑16)

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Jer. 38:4‑6• ⁴Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
⁵Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do anything against you.
⁶Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. (Jer. 38:4‑6)

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1 Sam. 24:10‑15• ¹⁰Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eyes spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed.
¹¹Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
¹²Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
¹³As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
¹⁴After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.
¹⁵Jehovah therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and do me justice in delivering me out of thy hand. (1 Sam. 24:10‑15)

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1 Sam. 25:28‑29• ²⁸I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
²⁹Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul; but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. (1 Sam. 25:28‑29)

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1 Sam. 26:18‑20• ¹⁸And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
¹⁹Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.
²⁰Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. (1 Sam. 26:18‑20)
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Psa. 35:7,19• ⁷For without cause they have hidden a pit for me, their net;{HR}Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
¹⁹Let not mine enemies rejoice over me falsely;{HR}My haters without cause wink the eye. (Psa. 35:7,19)
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Psa. 69:4• ⁴More than the hairs of my head [are] those hating me without cause,{HR}Strong my destroyers, mine enemies falsely:{HR}What I took not away, then I restored. (Psa. 69:4)
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Psa. 109:3• ³And [with] words of hatred they have surrounded me{HR}And have fought against me without cause. (Psa. 109:3)
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Psa. 119:161• ¹⁶¹Princes persecuted me without cause,{HR}But at thy words my heart is in awe. (Psa. 119:161)
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Jer. 37:18• ¹⁸Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? (Jer. 37:18)
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John 15:25• ²⁵But [it is] that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, they hated me without a cause. (John 15:25)

• {v.52-54} They were no more than as a bird before skilful fowlers, as one shut up in dungeons secured by a stone overhead, as one actually overwhelmed in waters rolling over him. (“Lamentations of Jeremiah: Chapter 3:43-66” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They that are mine enemies without cause have chased mea sore like a bird.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Mine enemies have without cause chased me."

W. Kelly Translation

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Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.