Lamentations 3:2

Footnotes

1. 4 The verb נָהַג (nahag) describes the process of directing (usually a group of) something along a route, hence commonly “to drive,” when describing flocks, caravans, or prisoners and spoils of war (1 Sam 23:5; 30:2). But with people it may also have a positive connotation “to shepherd” or “to guide” (Ps 48:14; 80:1). The line plays on this through the reversal of expectations. Rather than being safely shepherded by the Lord their king, he has driven them away into captivity.
2. 5 The Hiphil of הָלַךְ (halakh, “to walk”) may be nuanced either “brought” ( 236 1) or “caused to walk” ( 237 5.a).