Lamentations 3:6
He made me live in dark places, like those who died long ago. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He built up siege works against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 1
7He built a wall around me and I cannot escape. He made my chains heavy 1
Cross References
Psalms 88:5I am abandoned among the dead; 1 I am like the dead who lie in the grave, 1 about whom you care no more 1 because they are cut off from your power. 1
Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, Yahweh, because my spirit faints. 1 Do not hide your face from me, 1 or I will become like those who go down into the 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 →