Lamentations 3:7

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

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Jerusalem, Judah’s capital and the site of the temple, had been devastated by Babylon in 586 BC. In this lament, the city’s fall forms the backdrop for the speaker’s image of being enclosed and unable to escape, expressing God’s judgment on covenant-breaking Judah.

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Lamentations 3:7 mentions Jerusalem.

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