Lamentations 3:7
He has hedged me in, and I do not go out, || He has made heavy my chain.
Literal Standard Version
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 He has caused me to dwell, || As the dead of old.
8Also when I call and cry out, || He has shut out my prayer.
Cross References
Job 3:23To a man whose way has been hidden, || And whom God shuts up?
Psalms 88:8You have put my acquaintance far from me, || You have made me an abomination to them, || Shut up—I do not go forth.
Jeremiah 38:6And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that [is] in the court of the prison, and they send Jeremiah down with cords; and there is no water in the pit, but mire, and Jeremiah sinks in the mire.
Lamentations 1:14Bound has been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, || They are wrapped together, || They have gone up on my neck, || He has caused my power to stumble, || The Lord has given me into hands, I am not able to rise.
Lamentations 5:5For our neck we have been pursued, || We have labored—there has been no rest for us.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I am hedging up your way with thorns, || And I have made a wall for her, || And her paths she does not find.
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 →