Lam 3:9 | NET2full | STEP | He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones ; he has made every path impassable .

‏ Lamentations 3:9

9 He has blocked ^{▼▼tn The verb גָּדַר (gadar) has a twofold range of meanings: (1) “to build up a wall” with stones, and (2) “to block a road” with a wall of stones. The collocated terms דְּרָכַי (derakhay, “my roads”) in 3:9 clearly indicate that the second category of meaning is in view.} every road I take ^{▼▼tn Heb “my roads.”} with a wall of hewn stones;
he has made every path impassable. ^{▼▼tn Heb “he has made my paths crooked.” The implication is that the paths by which one might escape cannot be traversed.}