Lamentations 3:2
אוֹתִי נָהַג וַיֹּלַךְ חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא ־ אֽוֹר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
In Context
1אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר רָאָה עֳנִי בְּשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ ׃
3אַךְ בִּי יָשֻׁב יַהֲפֹךְ יָדוֹ כָּל ־ הַיּֽוֹם ׃ ס
Cross References
Job 18:18יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל ־ חֹשֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ ׃
Isaiah 59:9עַל ־ כֵּן רָחַק מִשְׁפָּט מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא תַשִּׂיגֵנוּ צְדָקָה נְקַוֶּה לָאוֹר וְהִנֵּה ־ חֹשֶׁךְ לִנְגֹהוֹת בָּאֲפֵלוֹת נְהַלֵּֽךְ ׃
Jeremiah 13:16תְּנוּ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם כָּבוֹד בְּטֶרֶם יַחְשִׁךְ וּבְטֶרֶם יִֽתְנַגְּפוּ רַגְלֵיכֶם עַל ־ הָרֵי נָשֶׁף וְקִוִּיתֶם לְאוֹר וְשָׂמָהּ לְצַלְמָוֶת ישית לַעֲרָפֶֽל ׃
Lamentations 3:53צָֽמְתוּ בַבּוֹר חַיָּי וַיַּדּוּ ־ אֶבֶן בִּֽי ׃
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 →