"He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy."
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And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
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.
He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.
He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.