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Lamentations 3:9
9On every road that I go along, he has put big rocks in my way. I cannot go past them.
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
7It is as if God has built high walls round me, and I cannot go out. My troubles are very bad. They hold me down like heavy chains. 8I shout and I pray for help, but God does not listen. On every road that I go along, he has put big rocks in my way. I cannot go past them. 10God is like a strong wild animal. He hides and he waits for me by the path. 11He is like an animal that catches me and pulls me off the path. He tears me in pieces and then he leaves me without any help.
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גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Lamentations 3:9
- Lamentations 3:11He is like an animal that catches me and pulls me off the path. He tears me in pieces and then he leaves me without any help.
- Isaiah 30:28His breath is like a flood of water that pours out over his enemies. The water reaches as high as their necks. He shakes the nations in a sieve to destroy the bad parts. He leads them away from their bad ways, like a man who leads a horse with a rope.
- Isaiah 63:17Lord, why do you cause us to turn away from your ways? You make our minds become hard, so that we do not obey you. Please come back to help us, because we are your servants. We are the tribes that you have chosen for yourself!
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
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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
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