Lamentations 3:6
He has made me dwell in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He has built against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
Psalms 143:7Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who 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 →