Lamentations 3:6
He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
7He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
Psalms 143:7Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
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 →