Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 darke places, as they that be dead for euer.
8Also when I cry and showte, hee shutteth out my prayer.
Cross References
Job 3:23Why is the light giuen to the man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Psalms 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from me, and made mee to be abhorred of them: I am shut vp, and cannot get foorth.
Jeremiah 38:6Then tooke they Ieremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the sonne of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let downe Ieremiah with coards: and in the dungeon there was no water but myre: so Ieremiah stacke fast in the myre.
Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions is bounde vpon his hand: they are wrapped, and come vp vpon my necke: hee hath made my strength to fall: the Lord hath deliuered me into their hands, neither am I able to rise vp.
Lamentations 5:5Our neckes are vnder persecution: we are wearie, and haue no rest.
Hosea 2:6Therefore beholde, I will stoope thy way with thornes, and make an hedge, that shee shall not finde her pathes.
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 →