Lamentations 3:2 “He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.”

Lamentations 3:2

He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

American Standard Version

He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.

Geneva Bible 1599

He hath ledde mee, and brought me into darkenes, but not to light.

Darby Translation

Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.

Young's Literal Translation

Me He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without light.

Bible in Basic English

By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

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Cross references

“brought”

Job 30:26 Isaiah 59:9 Amos 5:18–20 Lamentations 3:53–55 Lamentations 2:1 Deuteronomy 28:29

Job 30:26 · BSB

But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

Isaiah 59:9 · BSB

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Amos 5:18–20 · BSB

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

Lamentations 3:53–55 · BSB

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

Lamentations 2:1 · BSB

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.

Deuteronomy 28:29 · BSB

and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

Also

Jeremiah 4:23

Jeremiah 4:23 · BSB

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

3Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

Read Lamentations 3