Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
After he had spent all he had, a severe famine swept through that country, and he began to be in need.