Lamentations 3:6
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Revised Version 1895
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 travail.
7He hath fenced me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5Cast off among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more; and they are cut off from thy hand.
Psalms 143:7Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me; lest I become like them that 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 →