He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Lamentations 3:7 - King James Version - American Edition He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath 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 hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchi´ah the son of Ham´melech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy ways with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.