Lamentations 3:6
He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall, and labour.
7He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5Free among the dead, like the slaine lying in the graue, whome thou remembrest no more, and they are cut off from thine hand.
Psalms 143:7Heare me spedely, O Lord, for my spirit faeleth: hide not thy face from me, els I shall be like vnto them that go downe 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 →