New English Translation
Lamentations 3:7
7He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
Lamentations 3:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
- New International Version (NIV)He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy;
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.
Context of Lamentations 3:7
5He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship. 6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago. ג (Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. 8Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer. 9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable. ד (Dalet)
Read all of Lamentations 3Lamentations 3:7 word by word
גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:7
- Lamentations 3:9He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable. ד (Dalet)
- Job 3:23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
- Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
- Psalms 88:8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
- Jeremiah 38:6So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.
- Hosea 2:6Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
- Lamentations 1:14My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist. ס (Samek)
- Lamentations 5:5We are pursued – they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest.
- Daniel 9:12He has carried out his threats against us and our rulers who were over us by bringing great calamity on us – what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!
Commentaries on Lamentations 3:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He hath hedged me about - This also may refer to the lines drawn round the city during the siege. But these and similar expressions in the following verses may be merely metaphorical, to point out their straitened, oppressed, and distressed state.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The prophet feels as if enclosed within walls, and fettered.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9Some 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).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. hedged--(Job 3:23; Ho 2:6). chain--literally, "chain of brass."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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