Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains. New Living Translation He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains. English Standard Version He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy; Berean Standard Bible He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. King James Bible He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. New King James Version He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy. New American Standard Bible He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. NASB 1995 He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. NASB 1977 He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. Legacy Standard Bible He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. Amplified Bible He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain. Christian Standard Bible He has walled me in so I cannot get out; he has weighed me down with chains. Holman Christian Standard Bible He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. American Standard Version He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Gimel He has shut in my presence that I would not come out, and he strengthened my chains Brenton Septuagint Translation He has builded against me, and I cannot come forth: he has made my brazen chain heavy. Contemporary English Version God built a fence around me that I cannot climb over, and he chained me down. Douay-Rheims Bible Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy. English Revised Version He hath fenced me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. GOD'S WORD® Translation He has blocked me so that I can't get out. He has put heavy chains on me. Good News Translation He has bound me in chains; I am a prisoner with no hope of escape. International Standard Version He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me. JPS Tanakh 1917 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy. Literal Standard Version He has hedged me in, and I do not go out, | He has made heavy my chain. Majority Standard Bible He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. New American Bible He has hemmed me in with no escape, weighed me down with chains; NET Bible He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. New Revised Standard Version He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has put heavy chains on me; New Heart English Bible He has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains heavy. Webster's Bible Translation He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. World English Bible He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy. Young's Literal Translation He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Afflictions…6He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. 7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. 8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.… Cross References Job 3:23 Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? Job 19:8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness. 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." 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. Treasury of Scripture He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy. hedged Lamentations 3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. Job 3:23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? Job 19:8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. made 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. 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. Jump to Previous Able Chain Chains Escape Fetter Forth Great Heavy Hedged Round Wall Walled Weighed WeightJump to Next Able Chain Chains Escape Fetter Forth Great Heavy Hedged Round Wall Walled Weighed WeightLamentations 3 1. The prophet bewails his own calamities22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope 37. He acknowledges God's justice 55. He prays for deliverance 64. And vengeance on his enemies (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).Verses 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). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He has walled me inגָּדַ֧ר (gā·ḏar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1443: To wall up or off, to build a wall so I cannot וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no escape; אֵצֵ֖א (’ê·ṣê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim He has weighed me down הִכְבִּ֥יד (hiḵ·bîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome with chains. נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ (nə·ḥā·šə·tî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base Links Lamentations 3:7 NIVLamentations 3:7 NLT Lamentations 3:7 ESV Lamentations 3:7 NASB Lamentations 3:7 KJV Lamentations 3:7 BibleApps.com Lamentations 3:7 Biblia Paralela Lamentations 3:7 Chinese Bible Lamentations 3:7 French Bible Lamentations 3:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Lamentations 3:7 He has walled me about that (Lam. 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