Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;
Noyes Bible
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 set me in dark places, as those that have long been dead.
8Yea, when I cry and call aloud, he shutteth out my prayer.
Cross References
Job 3:23Why is light given to a man from whom the way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
Psalms 88:8Thou hast put mine acquaintances far from me, Yea, thou hast made me their abhorrence: I am shut up, and cannot go forth.
Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah, the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but only mire; and Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Lamentations 1:14“The yoke of my transgressions is fastened in his hand; they are twisted together; They are laid upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fall; The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I cannot stand.
Lamentations 5:5With the yoke upon our necks, we are driven; We are wearied, and have no rest.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will enclose her with a wall, So 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 →