A moment in scripture
Lamentations 3:9
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He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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The surrounding passage
- Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
- Lamentations 3:8
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
- Lamentations 3:10
He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
- Lamentations 3:11
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.