Lamentations 3:2

2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;

Lamentations 3:2 in Other Translations

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

2 he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light;

2 He has led me into darkness, shutting out all light.

2 He took me by the hand and walked me into pitch-black darkness.

2 He has driven me away and forced [me] to walk in darkness instead of light.

Lamentations 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:2

He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness
Which oftentimes signifies distress, calamity, and affliction, of one sort or another: thus the Jews were brought into the darkness of captivity; Jeremiah to the darkness of a dungeon, to which there may be an allusion; and Christ his antitype was under the hidings of God's face; and at the same time there was darkness all around him, and all over the land; and all this is attributed to God; it being by his appointment, and by his direction and permission: but not [into] light;
prosperity and joy; the affliction still continuing; though God does in his due time bring his people to the light of comfort, and of his gracious presence, as he did the above persons; see ( Psalms 97:11 ) ( 112:4 ) .

Lamentations 3:2 In-Context

1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the LORD’s wrath.

2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;

3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.

4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.

5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Cross References

• 1. S Job 19:8; S Psalms 82:5; S Jeremiah 4:23