Lamentations 3:6

“He hath set me in dark places, etc.] In the dark house of the prison, as the Targum; in the dark dungeon where the prophet was put; or the captivity in which the Jews were, and which was like the dark grave or state of the dead; and hence they are said to be in their graves, (<263712>Ezekiel 37:12). Christ was laid in the dark grave literally: as [they that be] dead of old: that have been long dead, and are forgotten, as if they had never been; (see <198805>Psalm 88:5); or, “as the dead of the world” f54, or age; who, being dead, are gone out of the world, and no more in it. The Targum is, “as the dead who go into another world.””

“set me--HENDERSON refers this to the custom of placing the dead in a sitting posture. dark places--sepulchers. As those "dead long since"; so Jeremiah and his people are consigned to oblivion (Psa 88:5-6; Psa 143:3; Eze 37:13).”

“Or, “He hath” made me to dwell “in darkness,” i. e. in Sheol or Hades, “as those” forever “dead.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“3:6-9 Some understand these verses as a poetic reference to Jeremiah’s confinement in a muddy cistern before the destruction of Jerusalem (Jer 38:6-13).”

“in dark: Psa 88:5, Psa 88:6, Psa 143:3, Psa 143:7 Lamentations 3:7”