Lamentations 3:9 – My Way Blocked and Perverted
Lamentations 3:9 - He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked. (NASB)
The above verse continues the thoughts begun in Lamentations 3:1, in which the speaker expresses his experience of being disciplined by God.
Break it down: Let’s look at the key Hebrew words in the passage and their meanings.
gadar - to wall up or off, to build a wall
derek - way, road, distance, journey, manner
gazith - a cutting, a hewing, stone
nathiyb - pathway, traveler, way
avah - do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, do perversely, trouble, turn
Expand and Dig: Let’s use these meanings to expand the passage and dig deeper.
He has built a wall of cut stoned to block my way. He has made my pathway, my journey, my manner, to be crooked, to be perverted.
The above verse continues the thoughts begun in Lamentations 3:1, in which the speaker expresses his experience of being disciplined by God.
Break it down: Let’s look at the key Hebrew words in the passage and their meanings.
gadar - to wall up or off, to build a wall
derek - way, road, distance, journey, manner
gazith - a cutting, a hewing, stone
nathiyb - pathway, traveler, way
avah - do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, do perversely, trouble, turn
Expand and Dig: Let’s use these meanings to expand the passage and dig deeper.
He has built a wall of cut stoned to block my way. He has made my pathway, my journey, my manner, to be crooked, to be perverted.
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