Lamentations 3:7

Good News Translation

He has bound me in chains; I am a prisoner with no hope of escape.

Cross References

Job 19:8

God has blocked the way, and I can't get through; he has hidden my path in darkness.

Job 3:23

God keeps their future hidden and hems them in on every side.

Psalm 88:8

You have caused my friends to abandon me; you have made me repulsive to them. I am closed in and cannot escape;

Psalm 88:9

my eyes are weak from suffering. Lord, every day I call to you and lift my hands to you in prayer.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took me and let me down by ropes into Prince Malchiah's well, which was in the palace courtyard. There was no water in the well, only mud, and I sank down in it.

Jeremiah 40:4

Now, I am taking the chains off your wrists and setting you free. If you want to go to Babylonia with me, you may do so, and I will take care of you. But if you don't want to go, you don't have to. You have the whole country to choose from, and you may go wherever you wish.”

Lamentations 1:14

“He took note of all my sins and tied them all together; He hung them around my neck, and I grew weak beneath the weight. The Lord gave me to my foes, and I was helpless against them.

Lamentations 3:9

I stagger as I walk; stone walls block me wherever I turn.

Lamentations 5:5

Driven hard like donkeys or camels, we are tired, but are allowed no rest.

Daniel 9:12

You did what you said you would do to us and our rulers. You punished Jerusalem more severely than any other city on earth,

Hosea 2:6

So I am going to fence her in with thorn bushes and build a wall to block her way.