Lamentations 3:7
He hath placed a fence round about me, that I cannot get out; he hath made heavy my chain.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
In Context
6In dark places hath he set me to dwell, like the dead of olden times.
8Also when I cry aloud and make entreaty, he shutteth out my prayer.
Cross References
Job 3:23[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hidden, and around whom God hath placed a fence?
Psalms 88:8(88:9) Thou hast removed my acquaintances far from me; thou hast rendered me an abomination unto them: I am imprisoned, and I cannot go forth.
Jeremiah 38:6Then did they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malkiyahu the son of the king, that was in the court of the prison: and they let Jeremiah down with cords; but in the pit there was no water, but mire; so that Jeremiah sunk into the mire.
Lamentations 1:14Bound fast is the yoke of my transgressions by his hand,— they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to stumble: the Lord hath given me up into the hands of [those against whom] I am not able to rise up.
Lamentations 5:5Up to our necks are we pursued: we are fatigued, and no rest is allowed us.
Hosea 2:6(2:8) Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will close it up with a fence, 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 →