Lamentations 3:9

Lamentations 3:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
• New International Version (NIV)He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

Context of Lamentations 3:9

7He has walled me in so I cannot get out; he has weighed me down with chains. 8Even when I cry out and plead for help, he blocks out my prayer. He has walled in my ways with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked. 10He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding. 11He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces; he left me desolate.

Lamentations 3:9 word by word

גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He hath inclosedגָּדַרgâdar · to wall up/offH1443
• my waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• with hewn stoneגָּזִיתgâzîyth · cuttingH1496
• he hath made my pathsנְתִיבָהnâthîyb nethîybâh nethibâh · pathH5410
• crookedעָוָה‛âvâh · to twistH5753

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:9

• Lamentations 3:11He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces; he left me desolate.
• Isaiah 30:28His breath is like an overflowing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
• Isaiah 63:17Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways? You harden our hearts so we do not fear you. Return, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone - He has put insuperable obstacles in my way; and confounded all my projects of deliverance and all my expectations of prosperity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Inclosed - Or, hedged Lamentations 3:7. Hath, made crooked - Or, “hath” turned aside. A solid wall being built across the main road, Jeremiah turns aside into by-ways, but finds them turned aside, so that they lead him back after long wandering to the place from where he started.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9barred my ways … made my paths crooked: This image describes confusion and trouble. Sin can block a person’s path and make life difficult. It can prevent a person or a community from experiencing a hopeful future. In the Bible, a straight road often represents a good and clear future. Proverbs says that innocent people walk on a straight path (Proverbs 21:8). Isaiah describes the Lord coming on a straight road that his worshipers would prepare (Isaiah…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. hedged--(Job 3:23; Ho 2:6). chain--literally, "chain of brass."Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:9

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Stones

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings