Lamentations 3:2
He hath ledde mee, and brought me into darkenes, but not to light.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
In Context
1I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation.
3Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day.
Cross References
Job 18:18They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.
Isaiah 59:9Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doeth iustice come neere vnto vs: we waite for light, but loe, it is darkenesse: for brightnesse, but we walke in darkenesse.
Jeremiah 13:16Giue glory to the Lord your God before he bring darknes, and or euer your feete stumble in the darke mountaines, and whiles you look for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death and make it as darkenesse.
Lamentations 3:53They haue shut vp my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone vpon me.
Jude 1:6The Angels also which kept not their first estate, but left their owne habitation, hee hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse vnto the iudgement of 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 →