Lamentations 3:2 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“He hath led me, and brought {me into} darkness, but not {into} light.”

Lamentations 3:2

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I {am} the man {that} hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

He hath led me, and brought {me into} darkness, but not {into} light.

Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand {against me} all the day.

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

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Lamentations 3:1

"I {am} the man {that} hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath."

Lamentations 3:3

"Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand {against me} all the day."

Lamentations 3:4

"My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones."

Lamentations 3:5

"He hath builded against me, and compassed {me} with gall and travail."

Lamentations 3:6

"He hath set me in dark places, as {they that be} dead of old."

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