Lamentations 3:7

World English Bible (2000)

He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 3:23 : 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
  • Job 19:8 : 8 He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
  • Ps 88:8 : 8 You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
  • Jer 40:4 : 4 Now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don't: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.
  • Lam 1:14 : 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
  • Lam 3:9 : 9 He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.
  • Lam 5:5 : 5 Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
  • Dan 9:12 : 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem.
  • Hos 2:6 : 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way.

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