Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
Young's Literal Translation
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 He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
8Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
Cross References
Job 3:23To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?
Psalms 88:8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up — I go not forth.
Jeremiah 38:6And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that [is] in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.
Lamentations 1:14Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise.
Lamentations 5:5For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured — there hath been no rest for us.
Hosea 2:6Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth 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 →