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Lamentations 3:7–9

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7mHe hath hedged me about, nthat I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

8Also owhen I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

9mHe hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath pmade my paths crooked.

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Footnotes

  1. mver. 9. Job 19:8. Ho. 2:6 in the Heb. See Job 3:23.
  2. oJob 19:7. & 30:20. So Ps. 22:2. ver. 44.
  3. mver. 9. Job 19:8. Ho. 2:6 in the Heb. See Job 3:23.
  4. pIsai. 24:1. ver. 36 in the Heb. So ver. 59. See Job 19:6.

Cross references

  1. nPs. 88:8.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;

he has made my chains heavy;

though I call and cry for help,

he shuts out my prayer;

he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;

he has made my paths crooked.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He has walled me in so I cannot escape;

he has weighed me down with chains.

Even when I call out or cry for help,

he shuts out my prayer.

He has barred my way with blocks of stone;

he has made my paths crooked.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He has walled me in so I cannot get out;

he has weighed me down with chains.

Even when I cry out and plead for help,

he blocks out my prayer.

He has walled in my ways with blocks of stone;

he has made my paths crooked.

NLTNew Living Translation

He has walled me in, and I cannot escape.

He has bound me in heavy chains.

And though I cry and shout,

he has shut out my prayers.

He has blocked my way with a high stone wall;

he has made my road crooked.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He has built a wall around me, I cannot go out;

he has made my bronze fetters heavy.

Though I cry out for help,

he shuts out my prayers.

He has blocked my ways with dressed stones;

he has made my paths crooked.