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Selected Verse: Lamentations 3:9 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
La 3:9	King James	He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
hewn stone--which coheres so closely as not to admit of being broken through. paths crooked--thwarted our plans and efforts so that none went right.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

hewn stone--which coheres so closely as not to admit of being broken through.

paths crooked--thwarted our plans and efforts so that none went right.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Inclosed - Or, hedged Lam 3:7. Hath, made crooked - Or, "hath" turned aside. A solid wall being built across the main road, Jeremiah turns aside into by-ways, but finds them turned aside, so that they lead him back after long wandering to the place from where he started.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Inclosed - Or, hedged Lam 3:7.

Hath, made crooked - Or, "hath" turned aside. A solid wall being built across the main road, Jeremiah turns aside into by-ways, but finds them turned aside, so that they lead him back after long wandering to the place from where he started.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Enclosed - He has defeated all my methods and counsels for security, by insuperable difficulties like walls of hewn stone. Crooked - Nay, God not only defeated their counsels, but made them fatal and pernicious to them.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Enclosed - He has defeated all my methods and counsels for security, by insuperable difficulties like walls of hewn stone. Crooked - Nay, God not only defeated their counsels, but made them fatal and pernicious to them.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone - He has put insuperable obstacles in my way; and confounded all my projects of deliverance and all my expectations of prosperity.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone - He has put insuperable obstacles in my way; and confounded all my projects of deliverance and all my expectations of prosperity.

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