Lamentations 3:7
He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
Bible in Basic English
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 kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
8Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.
Cross References
Job 3:23To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?
Psalms 88:8\88:7\The weight of your wrath is crushing me, all your waves have overcome me. (Selah.)
Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.
Lamentations 1:14A watch is kept on my sins; they are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he has made my strength give way: the Lord has given me up into the hands of those against whom I have no power.
Lamentations 5:5Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.
Hosea 2:6For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.
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 →