Lamentations 3:7
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He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
In other translations
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
- Job 3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
- Jeremiah 40:4And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
- Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
- Psalm 88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
- Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
- Jeremiah 38:6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
- Lamentations 5:5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
- Lamentations 3:9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
- Daniel 9:12And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.
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