Lamentations 3:7

New Living Translation

He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains.

Cross References

Job 19:8

God has blocked my way so I cannot move. He has plunged my path into darkness.

Job 3:23

Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties?

Psalm 88:8

You have driven my friends away by making me repulsive to them. I am in a trap with no way of escape.

Psalm 88:9

My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O Lord; I lift my hands to you for mercy.

Jeremiah 38:6

So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.

Jeremiah 40:4

But I am going to take off your chains and let you go. If you want to come with me to Babylon, you are welcome. I will see that you are well cared for. But if you don’t want to come, you may stay here. The whole land is before you—go wherever you like.

Lamentations 1:14

“He wove my sins into ropes to hitch me to a yoke of captivity. The Lord sapped my strength and turned me over to my enemies; I am helpless in their hands.

Lamentations 3:9

He has blocked my way with a high stone wall; he has made my road crooked.

Lamentations 5:5

Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.

Daniel 9:12

You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem.

Hosea 2:6

“For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes. I will block her path with a wall to make her lose her way.