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Lamentations 3:7
New English Translation
Lamentations 3:7
New English Translation
ג (Gimel)
7 He has walled me in[a] so that I cannot get out;
he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.[b]
Footnotes
- Lamentations 3:7 tn The verb גָּדַר (gadar) has a twofold range of meaning: (1) “to build up a wall” with stones, and (2) “to block a road” with a wall of stones. The imagery either depicts the Lord building a wall to seal off personified Jerusalem with no way to escape the city, or his blocking her road of escape. Siege imagery prevails in 3:4-6, but 3:7-9 pictures an unsuccessful escape that is thwarted due to blocked roads in 3:7 and 3:9.
- Lamentations 3:7 tn Heb “he has made heavy my chains.”
Lamentations 3:7
New International Version
Lamentations 3:7
New International Version
Lamentations 3:7
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Lamentations 3:7
King James Version
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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