Lamentations 3:2
He droue me foorth and led me, yea into darknesse, but not into light.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
In Context
1I am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie.
3Against me is he turned, he turneth his hande dayly against me.
Cross References
Isaiah 59:9And this is the cause that equitie is so farre from vs, and that righteousnesse commeth not nie vs: We loke for light, lo it is darknesse: for the morning shine, see, we walke in the darke.
Lamentations 3:53They haue put downe my life into a pit, and they haue cast stones vpon me.
Jude 1:6The Angels also which kept not their first estate, but left their owne habitation, he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaynes vnder darkenesse, vnto the iudgement of the great day.
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 →