Holy Scripture
Lamentations 3:9
A church father on this verse
“Third, a remedy for escape is cut off due to a hindrance in counselling. "He has blocked my ways with hewn stones, he has made my paths crooked." Namely, he has blocked counsels for escaping: "with hewn stones": like to heavy impediments. The prophet Hosea thus claims: "Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns; a…”
Source: Septuagint
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9He has built up my ways, He has hedged my paths;
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7He has built against me, and I cannot come forth: He has made my brazen chain heavy.
8Yea, though I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.
— Lamentations 3:9 —
10He has troubled me, As a she-bear lying in wait: He is to me as a lion in secret places.
11He pursued me after I departed, And brought me to a stand: He has utterly ruined me.