Lamentations 3:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

Lamentations 3:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Job 3:23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Jeremiah 40:4
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.
Jeremiah 38:6
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.
Psalms 88:8
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.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Chains Despair Despondency Discouragement Fetters Hedge Jewels

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-20)

The title of the Ps. 102:1-28 might very fitly be prefixed to this chapter— The prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and pours out his complaint before the Lord; for it is very feelingly and fluently that the complaint is here poured out. Let us observe the particulars of it. The prophet complains, 1. That God is angry. This gives both birth and bitterness to the affliction (Lam. 3:1):…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7-9. hedged--(Job 3:23; Ho 2:6). chain--literally, “chain of brass.”