Lamentations 3:7

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

He has put a hedge around me, so that I cannot get out; He has made heavy my chain of bronze;

Latin

Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar; aggravavit compedem meum.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Lamentations 3:6–9

Some interpreters understand these verses as a poetic description of Jeremiah’s time in a muddy cistern (a deep water pit) before the destruction of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 38:6–13).

Lamentations 3:1–24

The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.

Lamentations 3:1–66

In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).

Related verses

Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Job 3:23
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Psalm 88:8
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
Jeremiah 38:6
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.
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
Jeremiah 40:4
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 1:14
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.
Daniel 9:12
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.
Lamentations 5:5
We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
Lamentations 3:9
He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.

Glossary

Acrostic Gall Lamentations, Book of Poetry, Biblical Wild Gourd

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Chains: Figurative Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning Hedge: A Fence Hedges of Heavy Judgments Judgments: should Lead to Humiliation

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