Lamentations 3:7 BSB

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גָּדַ֧ר	ga.Dar	he has walled up	H1443 →
בַּעֲדִ֛י	ba.'a.Di	behind me	H1157 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
אֵצֵ֖א	'e.Tze'	I will go out	H3318 →
הִכְבִּ֥יד	hikh.Bid	he has made heavy	H3513 →
נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃	ne.cha.she.Ti	bronze fetter[s] my	H5178 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
leads to
- Hosea 2:6
  Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 3:23
  Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
- Proverbs 4:19
  But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Psalms 88:8
  You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
- Lamentations 3:9
  He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
Through
Job 3:23
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
leads to
- Job 19:8
  He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Through
Psalms 88:8
You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.
leads to
- Psalms 31:11
  Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
Through
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no…
leads to
- Jeremiah 37:21
  So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.Job 3:23Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?Jeremiah 38:6So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.Psalms 88:8You have removed my friends from me; You have made me repulsive to them; I am confined and cannot escape.Lamentations 1:14My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.Jeremiah 40:4But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.Lamentations 5:5We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.Daniel 9:12You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.Lamentations 3:9He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.2 Chronicles 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.Ezekiel 7:23Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.Job 7:12Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?

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