He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.(Lamentations 3:6)

He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.(Lamentations 3:7)

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.(Lamentations 3:8)

He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.(Lamentations 3:10)

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.(Lamentations 3:11)

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.(Lamentations 3:12)

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Lamentations 3:9 - Cross Reference

O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. (Isaiah 63:17)

And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. (Isaiah 30:28)

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. (Hosea 2:6)

He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. (Lamentations 3:11)