Lamentations 3:11 (GNV)

Passage

He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:9 He hath stopped vp my wayes with hewen stone, and turned away my paths.

Lamentations 3:10 He was vnto me as a beare lying in waite, and as a Lion in secret places.

Lamentations 3:11 He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

Lamentations 3:12 He hath bent his bow and made me a marke for the arrow.

Lamentations 3:13 Hee caused the arrowes of his quiuer to enter into my reines.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "stopped", "wayes", "pulled", "pieces", and "desolate". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "stopped", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "He was vnto me as a beare..." into verse 12's "He hath bent his bow and made...", so "hath" and "stopped" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "stopped" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.