Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me around, that I cannot go forth. He has made my chain heavy.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
In Context
6He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those who have long been dead.
8Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Cross References
Job 3:23[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?
Psalms 88:8Thou have put my acquaintances far from me. Thou have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Jeremiah 38:6Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sank in th
Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand. They are knit together. They have come up upon my neck. He has made my strength to fail. LORD has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Lamentations 5:5Our pursuers are upon our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →