Lamentations 3:6
BETH. He has gathered me into darkness, like those who are forever dead.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5BETH. He has built all around me, and he has encircled me with gall and hardship.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5I will prepare your offspring, even in eternity. And I will build up your throne, from generation to generation.
Psalms 143:7Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners.
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 →