Lamentations 3:9
He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
In Context
8Also when I cry and showte, hee shutteth out my prayer.
10He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.
Cross References
Job 19:8Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.
Isaiah 63:17O Lord, why hast thou made vs to erre from thy wayes? and hardened our heart from thy feare? Returne for thy seruants sake, and for the tribes of thine inheritance.
Hosea 2:6Therefore beholde, I will stoope thy way with thornes, and make an hedge, that shee shall not finde her pathes.
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 →