Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
World Messianic 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 has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Cross References
Job 3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Psalms 88:8You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can’t escape.
Jeremiah 38:6Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Lamentations 1:14“The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand. They are knit together. They have come up on my neck. He made my strength fail. The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Lamentations 5:5Our pursuers are on our necks. We are weary, and have no rest.
Hosea 2:6Therefore behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can’t find her way.
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 →