Lamentations 3:7

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He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed down my chains.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:23 : 23 To a man whose path is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
  • Job 19:8 : 8 He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me, and you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah.
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
  • Jer 40:4 : 4 But now, behold, I have freed you today from the chains that were on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will look after you. But if it seems bad to you to come with me to Babylon, then do not come. Look, the whole land is before you. Go to whatever place seems good and right to you.'
  • Lam 1:14 : 14 My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hands they were fastened together. They were laid on my neck; he has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.
  • Lam 3:9 : 9 He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.
  • Lam 5:5 : 5 We are pursued with burdens upon our necks; we are weary and find no rest.
  • Dan 9:12 : 12 He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and our rulers who governed us, bringing on us a great disaster. Nothing like it has ever been done under the entire heaven as what has been done in Jerusalem.
  • Hos 2:6 : 6 I will not show mercy to her children, for they are the children of unfaithfulness.

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  • Lam 3:8-12
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    8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

    9 He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has made my paths crooked.

    10 He is like a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding.

    11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

    12 He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.

  • Lam 3:1-6
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    1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath.

    2 He has driven me away and brought me into darkness, not into light.

    3 Surely against me He turns His hand again and again, all day long.

    4 He has worn away my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.

    5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

    6 He has made me dwell in dark places, like those long dead.

  • Job 19:6-11
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    6 know then that God has wronged me and surrounded me with His net.

    7 Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

    8 He has blocked my path so I cannot pass; He has shrouded my ways with darkness.

    9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

    10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree.

    11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me as one of His enemies.

  • Lam 3:53
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    53 They threw me alive into a pit and cast a stone upon me.

  • Lam 1:13-14
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    13 From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

    14 My transgressions were bound into a yoke; by his hands they were fastened together. They were laid on my neck; he has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

  • Job 33:11
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    11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.

  • Job 30:11
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    11 Because God has loosened my cord and afflicted me, they throw off all restraint in my presence.

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    3 For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

    4 My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

  • Job 3:23
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    23 To a man whose path is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

  • 2 Sam 22:6
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    6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

  • Job 16:11-14
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    11 God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.

    12 I was at ease, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target.

    13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

    14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.

  • Job 30:18-19
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    18 With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me like the collar of my tunic.

    19 He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

  • Job 6:3
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    3 For now, it is heavier than the sands of the seas; that is why my words are impulsive.

  • Job 38:10
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    10 when I set its boundary and placed bars and doors on it,

  • Ps 18:5
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    5 The cords of death surrounded me, and the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

  • Ps 142:3
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    3 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my troubles to Him.

  • Ps 116:3
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    3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.

  • Job 9:18
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    18 He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

  • Ps 88:8
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    8 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me, and you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah.

  • Job 16:7
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    7 Surely now, God has worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

  • Lam 3:15-16
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    15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink wormwood.

    16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in ashes.

  • Jonah 2:5
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    5 I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'

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    3 so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.

  • Job 23:17
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    17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness or by the deep gloom that covers my face.

  • Job 18:7
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    7 His vigorous steps will be restricted, and his own counsel will cast him down.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5 Guard me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plot to overthrow my steps.

  • Job 7:12
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    12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that you put me under guard?

  • Job 36:8
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    8 If they are bound in chains and held captive by cords of suffering,

  • Job 6:13
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    13 Indeed, there is no help in me, and ability has been driven from me.