Lamentations 3:9
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Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.

made

Lamentations 3:11 Daleth. He hath turned aside my paths, and hath broken me in pieces, he hath made me desolate.

Isaiah 30:28 His breath as a torrent overflowing even to the midst of the neck, to destroy the nations unto nothing, and the bridle of error that was in the jaws of the people.

Isaiah 63:17 Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.

Context
Jeremiah's Afflictions
8Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer. 9Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.10Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.…
Cross References
Job 19:8
He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

Isaiah 63:17
Why hast thou made us to err, O Lord, from thy ways: why hast thou hardened our heart, that we should not fear thee? return for the sake of thy servants, the tribes of thy inheritance.

Lamentations 3:10
Daleth. He is become to me as a bear lying in wait: as a lion in secret places.

Hosea 2:6
Wherefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will stop it up with a wall, and she shall not find her paths.

Lexicon
He has barred
גָּדַ֤ר (gā·ḏar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1443: To wall up or off, to build a wall

my ways
דְּרָכַי֙ (də·rā·ḵay)
Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

with cut stones;
בְּגָזִ֔ית (bə·ḡā·zîṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1496: Something cut, dressed stone

He has made my paths
נְתִיבֹתַ֖י (nə·ṯî·ḇō·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5410: Path, pathway

crooked.
עִוָּֽה׃ (‘iw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5753: To bend, twist


Additional Translations
He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he has made my paths crooked.

He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.

DALETH. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths;

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

He hath fenced up my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

He has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has made my paths crooked.

He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
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