Lamentations 3 · Verse 7

Lamentations 3:7

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Lamentations 3:7, King James Version

Lamentations 3:7 in other translations

BSBHe has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
WEBHe has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
ASVHe hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
YLTHe hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
DARBYHe hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
BBEHe has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
WebsterHe hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

What does Lamentations 3:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 3:7-9
7-9. hedged--(Job 3:23; Ho 2:6). chain--literally, "chain of brass."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 He 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Lamentations 3:1-20

The faithful lament their calamities, and hope in God's mercies. Verses 1-20 The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord had become terrible to him. It was an affliction that was misery itself; for sin makes the cup of affliction a bitter cup. The struggle between unbelief and faith is often very severe. But the…

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Lamentations 3:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גָּדַ֧רga.Darhe has walled upH1443
בַּעֲדִ֛יba.'a.Dibehind meH1157
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
אֵצֵ֖א'e.Tze'I will go outH3318
הִכְבִּ֥ידhikh.Bidhe has made heavyH3513
נְחָשְׁתִּֽי\׃ne.cha.she.Tibronze fetter[s] myH5178

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Lamentations 3:7

  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • Hosea 2:6

    Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

  • Lamentations 1:14

    The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

  • Lamentations 5:5

    Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

  • Lamentations 3:9

    He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

  • Daniel 9:12

    And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hedged.
9; Job 3:23; 19:8; Ps 88:8; Jer 38:6; Ho 2:6
made.
1:14; 5:5; Da 9:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Lamentations 3:6

    He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

  • Lamentations 3:7

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

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

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Lamentations 3:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cercóme por todos lados, y no puedo salir; agravó mis grillos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il a fait une clôture autour de moi, afin que je ne sorte point; il a appesanti mes chaînes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er hat mich umzäunt, daß ich nicht herauskommen kann; er hat schwer gemacht meine Fesseln.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar; aggravavit compedem meum.