Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot escape; 1 He hath made my chain heavy. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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, 1 like the mesei olam (long dead). 1
8Also when I cry and call out, 1 He shutteth out my tefillah. 1
Cross References
Job 3:23For my sighing cometh instead of lechem, 1 and my groanings are poured out like the mayim. 1
Psalms 88:8Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, 1 and Thou hast overwhelmed me with kol mishbarecha (all Thy waves, breakers). 1 Selah 1
Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Yirmeyah, and cast him into the bor (pit, dungeon, cistern) of Malkiyah Ben Hammelech, that was in the Khatzer (courtyard) of the Guard; and they lowered Yirmeyah with ropes. And in the bor (pit) there was no mayim, but mud; so Yirmeyah sank in the mud.
Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my peysha'im hath been fastened by His hand; 1 they + 1:14 i.e., my sins intertwine themselves and set upon my tzavar (neck); 1 He hath made my strength to fall; 1 Adonoi hath delivered me into their hands, 1 from whom I am not able to rise up. 1
Lamentations 5:5Our necks are under persecution; 1 we are weary, and have no rest. 1
Hosea 2:6And I will not have mercy upon her banim; 1 for they are the bnei zenunim. 1
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 →