Lamentations 3:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:7 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:7 — KJV
“He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.”
— Lamentations 3:7 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:7 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:7
“And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. aprons: or, things to gird about”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:7: about, get, made
“And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. Manasseh: that is, Forgetting”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:7: hath, get, made
“Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:7: hath, get, made
“Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:7: hath, about, get
“And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:7: about, get, made
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