Lamentations 3:6
He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 can’t come forth: he has made my brazen chain heavy.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints. 1
Psalms 143:7Send forth your hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of great + 143:7 Gr. many. waters, out of the hand of strange children; 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 →