He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
Lamentations 3:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: He hath made my chain heavy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain. American Standard Version (1901) He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. Common English Bible He walled me in so I couldn’t escape; he made my chains heavy. Catholic Public Domain Version GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy. |
He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God has hedged in?
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.
Then took they Yirmeyahu, and cast him into the dungeon of Malkiyah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Yirmeyahu with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Yirmeyahu sank in the mire.
Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Bavel, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Bavel, don't: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.
He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky has not been done as has been done on Yerushalayim.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way.