Lamentations 3:2
He drove me away and caused me to walk in darkness rather than light. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
In Context
1I am a man who has seen misery under the rod of Yahweh's fury. 1
3Surely he turned his hand against me again and again, the whole day long. 1
Cross References
Job 18:18He will be driven from light into darkness 1 and be chased out of this world. 1
Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness reach us. 1 We wait for light, but see darkness; we look for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 1
Jeremiah 13:16Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, 1 and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight. 1 For you are hoping for light, but he will turn the place into a deep darkness, into a dark cloud. 1
Lamentations 3:53They cast me into a pit and they threw a stone on me, 1
Jude 1:6Also angels who did not keep to their own position of authority, but who left their proper dwelling place—God has kept them in everlasting chains, in utter darkness, for the judgment on the great day.
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 →