Lamentations 3:7
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7 He has walled me in, and I cannot escape.
He has bound me in heavy chains.
Job 19:8
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8 God has blocked my way so I cannot move.
He has plunged my path into darkness.
Job 3:23
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23 Why is life given to those with no future,
those God has surrounded with difficulties?
Hosea 2:6
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6 “For this reason I will fence her in with thornbushes.
I will block her path with a wall
to make her lose her way.
Lamentations 1:14
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14 “He wove my sins into ropes
to hitch me to a yoke of captivity.
The Lord sapped my strength and turned me over to my enemies;
I am helpless in their hands.
Jeremiah 40:4
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4 But I am going to take off your chains and let you go. If you want to come with me to Babylon, you are welcome. I will see that you are well cared for. But if you don’t want to come, you may stay here. The whole land is before you—go wherever you like.
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Jeremiah 38:6
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6 So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.
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Psalm 88:8
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8 You have driven my friends away
by making me repulsive to them.
I am in a trap with no way of escape.
Daniel 9:12
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12 You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem.
Lamentations 5:5
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5 Those who pursue us are at our heels;
we are exhausted but are given no rest.
Lamentations 3:9
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9 He has blocked my way with a high stone wall;
he has made my road crooked.
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