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Walled In and Weighed Down
Commentators explain that this verse uses the powerful imagery of a prison. The feeling is not just of being hindered, but of being completely 'walled in' with no escape. The 'heavy chain,' which scholars note was likely made of brass, signifies an affliction so burdensome that it feels impossible to move, representing a state of utter helplessness.
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:7
18th Century
Theologian
The prophet feels as if enclosed within walls, and shackled.
Charles Ellicott
On Lamentations 3:7
19th Century
Bishop
He has hedged. —From the darkness of Hades we pass to that of the prison-house, in which the mourner is “hedged” or confined, boun…
Charles Spurgeon
On Lamentations 3:7
19th Century
Preacher
He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
"My way seems blocked up; nothing prospers with me." As …
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John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:7
16th Century
Theologian
Here he says, first, that he was held shut up; for גדר, gidar, is to enclose, and גדרה, gidare, means a fence, a mound, …
John Gill
On Lamentations 3:7
17th Century
Pastor
He has hedged me about, that I cannot go out
When in prison, or in the dungeon, or during the siege of Jerusalem; th…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:1–20
17th Century
Minister
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…