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He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.
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A Deliberate, Solid Barrier
Commentators emphasize that the wall is made of "hewn stone"—strong, carefully cut, and fitted blocks. This isn't a random or flimsy obstacle. It signifies that the suffering feels intentional, solid, and inescapable, as if God Himself has taken great care to construct the barrier in the believer's path.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Inclosed - Or, hedged (Lamentations 3:7).
Hath made crooked - Or, “has” turned aside. A solid wall being built acr…
19th Century
Anglican
He hath inclosed. —Yet another figure of resourceless misery follows. A massive wall of stone runs across the mourner’s w…
Baptist
He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone,
"The Lord has thoroughly shut me in, as if He had built a wall around me on every side."
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16th Century
Protestant
Other metaphors are used. Some think that the Prophet refers to the siege of Jerusalem, but such a view is not suitable. The metaphors correspond w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone Not with a hedge of thorns, or mud walls, but with a fence of stones; and th…
The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here he excludes any means of escape.
