Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
shutteth out—image from a door shutting out any entrance (Job 30:20). So the antitype. Christ (Psalms 22:2).
hedged— (Job 3:23; Hosea 2:6).
chain—literally, "chain of brass."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Lamentations 3:8:
Lamentations 3:44
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