Lamentations 3:6
He hath set me in dark places, 1 like the mesei olam (long dead). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He hath set up siegeworks against me, 1 and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 1
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot escape; 1 He hath made my chain heavy. 1
Cross References
Psalms 88:5I am counted with them that go down into the bor (pit); 1 I am like a gever (man) that hath no strength; 1
Psalms 143:7Hear me speedily, Hashem; my ruach faileth; 1 hide not Thy face from me, 1 lest I be like those that go down into the bor (pit). 1
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 →