⁷ He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.

⁸ He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.

²³ Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, Whom God has hedged in?

⁶ Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

⁸ You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.

⁶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her, That she can't find her way.

¹² He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky has not been done as has been done on Jerusalem.

⁵ Our pursuers are on our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.

⁹ He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.

¹⁴ The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

⁴ Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to you; but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.