Lamentations 3:7
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
American King James Version (AKJV)
He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
He has put a wall round me, so that I am not able to go out; he has made great the weight of my chain.
Webster's Revision
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
World English Bible
He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.
English Revised Version (ERV)
He hath fenced me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Clarke's Lamentations 3:7 Bible Commentary
He hath hedged me about - This also may refer to the lines drawn round the city during the siege. But these and similar expressions in the following verses may be merely metaphorical, to point out their straitened, oppressed, and distressed state.
Barnes's Lamentations 3:7 Bible Commentary
The prophet feels as if enclosed within walls, and fettered.