Lamentations 3:7
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy."
Word-by-Word Analysis
סָבִיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
כָּבֵד
kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּבֵד kâbêd
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
Study H3515 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →סָבִיב çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
Study H5439 →Cross References
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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.
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 ...
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
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...
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 wat...
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 upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upo...
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