Lamentations 3:7–9
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7He has built walls around me. I can’t escape.
He has put heavy chains on me.
8I call out and cry for help.
But he won’t listen to me when I pray.
9He has put up a stone wall to block my way.
He has made my paths crooked.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
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.
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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.
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KJV 1900King James Version
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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