Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Whose way

Bible References

Whose way

Isaiah 40:27
Wherefore, shouldest thou say, O Jacob, or speak, O Israel, - Hidden is my path from Yahweh, And from my God, my vindication, will pass?

Hedged in

Job 12:14
Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:
Job 19:8
My way, hath he walled up, that I cannot pass, and, upon my paths, hath he made darkness rest;
Psalm 31:8
And hast not shut me up in the hand of the foe, Thou hast given standing, in a roomy place, unto my feet.
Lamentations 3:7
He hath walled up around me, that I cannot get out, hath weighted my fetter;
Hosea 2:6
Therefore, behold me! hedging up her way, with thorns, - and I will wall her in, and, her footpaths, shall she not find.