Lamentations 3:6
He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
Brenton Septuagint
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 against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail upon me.
7He has builded against me, and I cannot come forth: he has made my brazen chain heavy.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5I will + 88:5 Gr. prepare.establish thy seed for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Pause.
Psalms 143:7Send forth thine hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of great + 143:7 Gr. many.waters, out of the hand of strange children;
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 →