Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
In Context
6He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
8Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
Cross References
Job 3:23To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Psalms 88:8(88-9) Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the pit there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions is impressed by His hand; they are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail; the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Lamentations 5:5To our very necks we are pursued; we labour, and have no rest.
Hosea 2:6(2-8) Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make 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 →