Lamentations 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. 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.

Lamentations 3:7

7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.