Lamentations 3:2

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Lamentations 3:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.

2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

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Lamentations 3:55

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Job 30:26

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Isaiah 59:9

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Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Amos 5:18

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

Amos 5:19

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Amos 5:20

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Jude 1:13

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