פירוש על איכה 3:11

He spread thorns across my roads. An expression of thorns, [meaning that] He “has strewn” them with thorns, [i.e.,] He scattered thorns on my ways.⁸Alternatively, ‘he forced me off my path.’ (Ibn Ezra)

He made me hurdle them. An expression of spreading the legs.⁹Alternatively, ‘he wounded me.’ (Yalkut Me’am Lo’ez) One who passes on roads that are not cleared must widen his stride, and there is an example of this in the language of the Gemara:¹⁰Maseches Mo’ed Katan 10b. “The one who pruned דְּפָשַׁח¹¹I.e., he separated the branches from the tree trunk. Here too, he had to separate his legs, i.e., take large strides, in order to avoid the thorns. a date palm.”