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Selected Verse: Lamentations 3:7 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
La 3:7 |
Strong Concordance |
He hath hedged [01443] me about, that I cannot get out [03318]: he hath made my chain [05178] heavy [03513]. |
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King James |
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
hedged-- (Job 3:23; Hos 2:6).
chain--literally, "chain of brass." |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The prophet feels as if enclosed within walls, and fettered. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He hath hedged me about - This also may refer to the lines drawn round the city during the siege. But these and similar expressions in the following verses may be merely metaphorical, to point out their straitened, oppressed, and distressed state. |
6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge [07753] up thy way [01870] with thorns [05518], and make [01443] a wall [01447], that she shall not find [04672] her paths [05410].
23 Why is light given to a man [01397] whose way [01870] is hid [05641], and whom God [0433] hath hedged in [05526]?