איכה 3:7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Context
This verse from איכה Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
תרגומים נוספים
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
הפניות צולבות
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut …
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the …
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good …
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he …
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing …
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her …