Lamentations 3:7
He hath walled up around me, that I cannot get out, hath weighted my fetter;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
In Context
6In dark places, hath he made me sit, like the dead of age-past times.
8Yea, when I make outcry and implore, he hath shut out my prayer;
Cross References
Job 3:23To a man, whose way is concealed, And GOD hath straitly enclosed him?
Psalms 88:8Thou hast far removed mine acquaintances from me,—Thou hast made me an abomination unto them, Shut up, and I cannot go forth!
Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah son of the king, which was in the guard-court, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes,—now, in the dungeon, was no water only mire, so Jeremiah sank in the mire.
Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions, hath been bound, by his hand—They have intertwined themselves, have come up on my neck, it hath paralysed my strength,—My Lord, hath delivered me, into the hands of those against whom I cannot rise up.
Lamentations 5:5Upon our necks, are our pursuers, We labour, and there is allowed us no rest.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold me! hedging up her way, with thorns,—and I will wall her in, and, her footpaths, shall she not find.
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 →