Lamentations 3:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:23 : 23 [Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
  • Job 19:8 : 8 ¶ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 Thou 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.
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 Then 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.
  • Jer 40:4 : 4 And 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.
  • Lam 1:14 : 14 The 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.
  • Lam 3:9 : 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
  • Lam 5:5 : 5 Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest.
  • Dan 9:12 : 12 And 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.
  • Hos 2:6 : 6 ¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

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    8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

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    13His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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