Lamentations 3:6
In dark places hath he set me to dwell, like the dead of olden times.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He hath built around me, and encompassed me with poison and hardship.
7He hath placed a fence round about me, that I cannot get out; he hath made heavy my chain.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5(88:6) Free among the dead, like the slain that dwell in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and those that are cut off by thy hand.
Psalms 143:7Hasten, answer me, O Lord, my spirit falleth: hide not thy face from me, that I may not become like those 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 →