Protestantism
English
He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy.
He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
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 has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
[Gimel] He has hedged me about that I cannot get out; he has made my chain heavy.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He has built a wall around me, I cannot go out; he has made my bronze fetters heavy.
He walled around me and I cannot go out; He has made heavy my bronze chain .
He has set a fence around me and I cannot go out; He has made my bronze chain heavy.
He hath hedged me about, so that I cannot get out; he hath made my chain heavy;
He hath walled up around me, that I cannot get out, hath weighted my fetter;
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Catholicism
English
Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.
GHIMEL. He has built against me all around, so that I may not depart. He has increased the burden of my confinement.1
- 3:7Or, more literally, ‘He has aggravated my shackles.’ The repeated references to building around ‘me,’ i.e. the city of Jerusalem, indicate that the city, in the future will have very many buildings, businesses, and homes built around it, as far as the eye can see. It also indicates the metaphor of siege works being built around the city, for the city of Jerusalem, and the Faith, will be as if under siege from the surrounding secular society, culture, and politics.(Conte)