Lamentations 3:7 Cross References - LEB

⁷ He has built a wall around me, I cannot go out; he has made my bronze fetters heavy.

²³ Why does he* give light to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in all around?

⁸ He has walled up my way so that* I cannot pass; and he has set darkness upon my paths.

⁸ You have removed my acquaintances far from me. You have made me detestable* to them. I am confined and cannot go out.

⁶ So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the pit* of Malchiah, the son of the king, which was in the courtyard of the guard. And they let Jeremiah down by ropes. Now in the pit* there was no water,* _⌊but only_⌋* mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

⁴ And so then look, I have released you _⌊today_⌋* from the chains that were on your hands.* If it is good in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, then come, and _⌊I will take care of you_⌋.* But if it is bad in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, then refrain. Look, the whole land is _⌊before you_⌋.* To wherever it is good and right in your eyes to go, then go there."

¹⁴ My rebellion was bound as a yoke, with his hand it was fastened together; it was put on my neck and caused my strength to fail. The Lord gave me into the hands of those whom I cannot withstand.

⁹ He has blocked my ways with dressed stones; he has made my paths crooked.

⁵ We are driven on our necks; we are weary, there is no rest for us.

¹² And so he has carried out his words which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring upon us a great calamity which was not done under all of heaven as it was done in Jerusalem.

⁶ Therefore, Look! I am going to hedge her path* _⌊with thorns_⌋,* and I will build a stone wall, a stone wall against her, and she will not find her paths.