Lamentations 3:6
He has kept me in dark places, like those who have been long dead.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He has put up a wall against me, shutting me in with bitter sorrow.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5\88:4\I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:
Psalms 143:7Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →