John Gill Commentary Lamentations 3:7

"He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy." — Lamentations 3:7 (ASV)

He has hedged me about, that I cannot go out
When in prison, or in the dungeon, or during the siege of Jerusalem; though the phrase may only denote in general the greatness of his troubles, with which he was encompassed, and how inextricable they were; like a hedge about a vineyard, or a wall about a city, which could not easily be got over:

he has made my chain heavy ;
his affliction intolerable. It is a metaphor taken from malefactors that have heavy chains put upon their legs, that they may not make their escape out of prison:

or, "my brass" ^F7; that is, chains, or a chain made of brass; so the Targum, ``he has made heavy upon my feet fetters of brass.''

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FOOTNOTES:

• F7: (ytvxn) (calkon mou) Sept. "aes meum, [vel] chalybem meum", Piscator.