Bible verse
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Lamentations 3:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from Lamentations 3.
3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
KJV
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
ASV
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
ERV
He hath fenced me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
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