Lamentations 3:6
בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים הוֹשִׁיבַנִי כְּמֵתֵי עוֹלָֽם ׃ ס
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5בָּנָה עָלַי וַיַּקַּף רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה ׃
7גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי וְלֹא אֵצֵא הִכְבִּיד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי ׃
Cross References
Psalms 88:5נֶחְשַׁבְתִּי עִם ־ יוֹרְדֵי בוֹר הָיִיתִי כְּגֶבֶר אֵֽין ־ אֱיָֽל ׃
Psalms 143:7מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי ׀ יְהוָה כָּלְתָה רוּחִי אַל ־ תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי וְנִמְשַׁלְתִּי עִם ־ יֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר ׃
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 →