Lamentations 3:6
In dark places, hath he made me sit, like the dead of age-past times.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
In Context
5He hath built up against me, and carried round me, fortifications and a trench;
7He hath walled up around me, that I cannot get out, hath weighted my fetter;
Cross References
Psalms 88:5Among the dead, is my couch,—Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;
Psalms 143:7Speedily answer me, O Yahweh, My spirit faileth,—Do not hide thy face from me, or I shall be made like unto them 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 →