He hath [a]stopped up my ways with hewn stone, and turned away my paths.

10 [b]He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

11 He hath stopped my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:9 And keepeth me in hold as a prisoner.
  2. Lamentations 3:10 He hath no pity on me.

He has barred(A) my way with blocks of stone;
    he has made my paths crooked.(B)

10 Like a bear lying in wait,
    like a lion(C) in hiding,(D)
11 he dragged me from the path and mangled(E) me
    and left me without help.

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