Lam 3:6-9 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lam 3:6-9: 3:6-9 Some understand these verses as a poetic reference to Jeremiah’s confinement in a muddy cistern before the destruction of Jerusalem (Jer 38:6-13 ).

bJer 38:6-13►

dProv 21:8►

eIsa 40:3►

‏ Lamentations 3:6-9

Summary for Lam 3:6-9: 3:6-9 ^a Some understand these verses as a poetic reference to Jeremiah’s confinement in a muddy cistern before the destruction of Jerusalem (Jer 38:6-13 ^b).
3:9 ^c blocked my way ... made my road crooked: Sin causes confusion and cuts a person or a community off from a happy future. Innocent people know the future as a straight path that is easy to follow (Prov 21:8 ^d). Isaiah imagined God’s activities as a procession on a straight road that his worshipers would prepare (Isa 40:3 ^e).