Lamentations 3:6 · KJV
“He hath set me in dark places, as {they that be} dead of old.”
— Lamentations 3:6
He hath builded against me, and compassed {me} with gall and travail.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
Lamentations 3 — Context
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed {me} with gall and travail.
6He hath set me in dark places, as {they that be} dead of old.
7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Cross References
Psalms 88:5-6
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. {from: or, by}
Psalms 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Psalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}