Lamentations 3:7
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.”Lamentations 3:7
What Does Lamentations 3:7 Mean?
Lamentations 3:7 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 3:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 19:8“He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.”Hosea 2:6“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.”Job 3:23“Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?”Psalms 88:8“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.”Jeremiah 38:6“Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, 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.”Jeremiah 40:4“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.”Lamentations 1:14“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.”2 Chronicles 33:11“Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.”Job 7:12“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?”Lamentations 3:5“He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.”Lamentations 3:9“He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.”Lamentations 5:5“Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.”Ezekiel 7:23“Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.”Daniel 9:12“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.”
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