Lamentations 3:7
Strong's Lexicon
He has walled me in
גָּדַ֧ר (gā·ḏar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1443: 1) to wall up, wall off, close off, build a wall 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wall up, shut off 1a2) masons (participle)

בַּעֲדִ֛י (ba·‘ă·ḏî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1157: 1) behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about 1a) through (of action) 1b) behind (with verbs of shutting) 1c) about (with verbs of fencing) 1d) on behalf of (metaph. especially with Hithpael)

so I cannot
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

escape;
אֵצֵ֖א (’ê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

He has weighed me down
הִכְבִּ֥יד (hiḵ·bîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3513: 1) to be heavy, be weighty, be grievous, be hard, be rich, be honourable, be glorious, be burdensome, be honoured 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be heavy 1a2) to be heavy, be insensible, be dull 1a3) to be honoured 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be made heavy, be honoured, enjoy honour, be made abundant 1b2) to get oneself glory or honour, gain glory 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make heavy, make dull, make insensible 1c2) to make honourable, honour, glorify 1d) (Pual) to be made honourable, be honoured 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make heavy 1e2) to make heavy, make dull, make unresponsive 1e3) to cause to be honoured 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to make oneself heavy, make oneself dense, make oneself numerous 1f2) to honour oneself

with chains.
נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ (nə·ḥā·šə·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5178: 1) copper, bronze 1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy) 1b) fetters (of copper or bronze) 1c) copper (as value) 2) lust, harlotry 2a) meaning dubious

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

New American Standard Bible
He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.

King James Bible
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Parallel Verses
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;

New American Standard Bible
He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

International Standard Version
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he placed heavy chains on me.

NET Bible
He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

American Standard Version
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

English Revised Version
He hath fenced me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
















Cross References
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.

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 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Lamentations 3:6
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

Lamentations 3:5
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:8
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Lamentations 3:9
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

Lamentations 3:10
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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