Bible verse
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
Lamentations 3:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Lamentations 3.
2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
KJV
He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.
ASV
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
ERV
He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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