Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Hedged

Lamentations 3:9
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
Job 3:23
“Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?
Job 19:8
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put darkness on my paths.
Psalm 88:8
You have removed my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an object of loathing to them;
I am shut up and cannot go out.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Hosea 2:6
“Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns,
And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

Made

Lamentations 1:14
“The yoke of my transgressions is bound;
By His hand they are knit together.
They have come upon my neck;
He has made my strength fail.
The Lord has given me into the hands
Of those against whom I am not able to stand.
Lamentations 5:5
Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is no rest for us.
Daniel 9:12
Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem.