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Adam Clarke, on Lam 3:7
Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
Lam 3:7 · Douay-Rheims
“Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.”
On this verse:
“He hath hedged me about - This also may refer to the lines drawn round the city during the siege. But these and similar expressions in the following verses may be merely metaphorical, to point out their straitened, oppressed, and distressed state.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.