Lamentations 3:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:9 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:9 — KJV
“He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.”
— Lamentations 3:9 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:9 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:9
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. travellers: Heb. walkers of paths byways: Heb. crooked ways”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:9: ways, paths, crooked
“Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:9: ways, paths, crooked
“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:9: hath, made, crooked
“For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. of old: Heb. from yesterday”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:9: hath, stone, made
“The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. judgment: or, right”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:9: made, paths, crooked
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