Lamentations 3:2
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
He hath led me and brought mee into darkenesse, but not into light.
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- Isaiah 59:9Rank 1 from verse 2
9¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
9¶ Therefore is iudgement farre from vs, neither doth iustice ouertake vs: we waite for light, but behold obscuritie, for brightnesse, but we walke in darknesse.
- Amos 5:18–20Rank 3 from verse 2
18Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
18Woe vnto you that desire the *day of the LORD: to what ende is it for you? the day of the LORD is darknes and not light.
19As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him, or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkenes, and not light? euen very darke, and no brightnesse in it?
- Deuteronomy 28:29Rank 4 from verse 2
29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
29And thou shalt grope at noone dayes, as the blind gropeth in darknes, and thou shalt not prosper in thy waies: and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and spoiled euermore, and no man shal saue thee.
- Jeremiah 13:16Rank 5 from verse 2
16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
16*Giue glory to the LORD your God before he cause darknesse, and before your feet stumble vpon the darke mountaines, and while yee looke for light, he turne it into the shadowe of death, and make it grosse darkenesse.
- Jeremiah 4:23Rank 6 from verse 2
6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
6And the Angels which kept not their ‖first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse, vnto the iudgement of the great day.
- Lamentations 2:1Rank 10 from verse 2
1HOW hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
1¶ How hath the LORD couered the daughter of Zion with a cloud, in his anger, and cast downe from heauen vnto the earth the beautie of Israel, and remembred not his footstoole in the day of his anger?
- Lamentations 3:53–55Rank 11 from verse 2
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
55¶ I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
53They haue cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone vpon me.
54Waters flowed ouer mine head, then I sayd, I am cut off.
55¶ I called vpon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
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Lamentations 3:2
Guided, conducted, directed, or went before.
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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
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1I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
1¶ I Am the man that hath seene affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
2He hath led me and brought mee into darkenesse, but not into light.
Selected passage3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
3Surely against me is he turned, he turneth his hand against me all the day.