Lamentations 3:7

God's Word

He has blocked me so that I can’t get out. He has put heavy chains on me.

Cross References

Job 19:8

“God has blocked my path so that I can’t go on. He has made my paths dark.

Job 3:23

Why give light to those whose paths have been hidden, to those whom God has fenced in?

Psalm 88:8

You have taken my friends far away from me. You made me disgusting to them. I’m shut in, and I can’t get out.

Psalm 88:9

My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Lord. I stretch out my hands to you ⌞in prayer⌟.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son. It was in the courtyard of the prison. They used ropes to lower Jeremiah into the cistern. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah 40:4

Today I’m removing the chains from your hands. If you would like to come with me to Babylon, come, and I’ll look after you. But if you don’t want to come with me to Babylon, don’t come. The whole land is yours. Go wherever you want.

Lamentations 1:14

My rebellious acts are a heavy burden for me. They were tied together by God’s own hands. They were tied around my neck. He has weakened me ⌞with them⌟. The Lord has handed me over to people I cannot oppose.

Lamentations 3:9

He has blocked my way with cut stones and made my paths crooked.

Lamentations 5:5

⌞Our enemies⌟ are breathing down our necks. We are worn out ⌞and⌟ not permitted to rest.

Daniel 9:12

So you did what you said you would do to us and our rulers by bringing a great disaster on us. Nowhere in the world has anything ever happened like what has happened to Jerusalem.

Hosea 2:6

“That is why I will block her way with thornbushes and build a wall so that she can’t get through.