Lamentations 3:2

He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

Cross-reference

Lamentations 3:53-55 describes the same speaker cast into a pit and crying from darkness—directly continuing the darkness of 3:2.

Lamentations 2:1 says God cast down Israel's splendor under a cloud—a parallel image of God bringing darkness as judgment.

Job 18:18 Parallel

Job 18:18 uses the same 'driven from light into darkness' imagery, directly paralleling being made to walk in darkness.

Psalm 88:6 Parallel

Psalm 88:6 uses the same darkness imagery — being cast into the pit, reflecting the depth of despair.

Isaiah 50:10 shares the same 'darkness without light' phrase, but there the response is trust in God, unlike the lament here.

Amos 5:18-20 depicts the day of the LORD as darkness, not light, reinforcing the theme of divine judgment bringing darkness.

Deuteronomy 28:28 threatens madness and blindness as divine curse—a parallel to the darkness God brings in Lamentations 3:2.

Job 30:26 Parallel

Job 30:26 describes hoping for light but getting darkness, echoing the reversal from light to darkness in Lamentations.

Isaiah 59:9 Parallel

Isaiah 59:9 speaks of walking in darkness and looking for light that does not come, a similar experience of being in darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16 warns of darkness coming when light is expected, like the darkness God brought in Lamentations.

Isaiah 5:30 Parallel

Isaiah 5:30 depicts darkness and distress as judgment, echoing the darkness without light.