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Commentary for Lamentations 3:7

גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.

Rashi on Lamentations

He fenced me in. He has made a wall opposite me [so that I] should be imprisoned.6Symbolic of Nevuchadnetzar’s siege around Yerusholayim. (Lechem Dimah)
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Rashi on Lamentations

And I cannot go out. He stationed around me camps and troops of soldiers lying in wait for me.
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Rashi on Lamentations

He chained me heavily. He made heavy fetters for my feet so that I would not be able to walk, ferjes in O.F.
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