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Lamentations 3:2

Old Testament Poetry ASV (1901)

What does Lamentations 3:2 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
Lamentations 3:2 — American Standard Version

Context — Lamentations 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
5He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, etc.] 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…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“darkness--calamity. light--prosperity.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“brought: Lam 3:53-55, Lam 2:1; Deu 28:29; Job 18:18, Job 30:26; Isa 59:9; Jer 13:16; Amo 5:18-20; Jde 1:6, Jde 1:13 Lamentations 3:3”
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