Lamentations Chapter 3 verse 7 Holy Bible
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
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He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
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He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.
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He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 7-9. - Three figures, interrupted by a literal statement of the ill success of prayer. A traveller who finds himself suddenly caged up by a high thorn hedge (comp. Job 3:23; Hosea 2:6). A prisoner with a heavy chain. Again, a traveller suddenly shut up by solid stone walls (comp. Hosea 2:8). Verse 7. - My chain; literally, my brass (comp. Judges 16:21; 2 Kings 25:7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) He hath hedged.--From the darkness of Hades we pass to that of the prison-house, in which the mourner is "hedged" or confined, bound with a heavy chain (literally, brass).
