Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains heavy.
New Heart English 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 to dwell in dark places, like those that have been long dead.GIMEL
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 hid,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 took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke; by his handthey are fastened together, they are set upon my neck; he has made my strength to fail.The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.SAMEKH
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 →