Lamentations 3:6
He has forced me to live in darkness like those long dead.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He has besieged me, surrounding me with bitterness and misery.
7He has built a wall around me so I can't escape; he has bound me with heavy chains.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5I am abandoned among the dead, lying like a corpse in the grave, forgotten and beyond your care.
Psalms 143:7Please answer me quickly, Lord! I'm dying! Don't turn away otherwise I'll be just like those who are going down into the grave.
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 →