Lamentations 3:6 (DBY)

Passage

He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:5 He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.

Lamentations 3:6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.

Lamentations 3:7 He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

Lamentations 3:8 Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "dwell", "dark", "places", "been", "long", and "dead". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "dwell", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "He hath built against me and encompassed..." into verse 7's "He hath hedged me about that I...", so "hath" and "dwell" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "dwell" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.