Lamentations 3:7

The Passion Translation

He has walled me in with no way out and weighed me down with heavy chains.

Cross References

Psalm 88:8

Why did you turn all my friends against me? You’ve made me like a cursed man in their eyes. No one wants to be with me now. You’ve caught me in a trap with no way out.

Psalm 88:9

Every day I beg for your help. Can’t you see my tears? My eyes are swollen with weeping. My arms are wide, longing for mercy, but you’re nowhere to be found.

Jeremiah 38:6

So they took me and put me into the muddy cistern of the king’s son Malchiah in the palace courtyard. There was little water in the cistern, only mud. They lowered me down with ropes, and I sank down deep into the mud.

Jeremiah 40:4

Today I release you from your chains. If you would like to come with me to Babylon, then come. I will make sure you are cared for. If you do not want to come to Babylon with me, then stay here. See, you have the whole land before you, so go wherever you think it best.”

Lamentations 1:14

“Yahweh took my sins in his hands and tied them into a yoke. Then, he set his yoke upon my neck and caused my strength to fail. The Lord let my enemies defeat me; I am helpless to resist.

Lamentations 3:9

He has made my paths a maze and obstructed my ways.

Lamentations 5:5

Our pursuers are breathing down our necks; we are exhausted and allowed no rest.

Daniel 9:12

You have fulfilled the words that you spoke against us and against the rulers over us by bringing upon us such a great calamity. Your severe punishment of Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven!