Lamentations 3:2

Lamentations 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
• New International Version (NIV)He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;
• English Standard Version (ESV)he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.

Context of Lamentations 3:2

1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light. 3Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day. 4My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:2 word by word

אוֹתִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

• ledנָהַגnâhag · to leadH5090
• darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:2

• Lamentations 3:53They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
• Lamentations 2:1How hath the Lord in his anger covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud! He hath cast down from the heavens unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger.
• Deuteronomy 28:29and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled continually, and there shall be none to save.
• Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
• Job 30:26For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
• Isaiah 59:9Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make [it] gross darkness.
• Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2He hath - brought me into darkness - In the sacred writings, darkness is often taken for calamity, light, for prosperity.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-66La 3:1-66. Jeremiah proposes his own experience under afflictions, as an example as to how the Jews should behave under theirs, so as to have hope of a restoration; hence the change from singular to plural (La 3:22, 40-47). The stanzas consist of three lines, each of which begins with the same Hebrew letter. Aleph. 1-3. seen affliction--his own in the dungeon of Malchiah (Jr 38:6); that of his countrymen also in the siege. Both were types of that of…Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Darkness
• Despondency

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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings