Lamentations 3:9
He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones, and made my pathes crooked.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
In Context
8Though I crye and call pitiously, yet heareth he not my prayer.
10He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare, and as a lion in a hole.
Cross References
Isaiah 63:17O Lorde, wherefore hast thou led vs out of the way? wherefore hast thou hardened our heartes that we feare thee not? Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake, and for the generation of thyne heritage.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →