Lamentations 3:53
They have shut up in the dungeon my life, and have cast stones upon me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
In Context
52Those who are my enemies, without a cause, have chased me about like a bird.
54Waters streamed over my head: I said, I am cut off.
Cross References
Jeremiah 37:16When Jeremiah had been placed in the dungeon, within the traders' shops, where Jeremiah remained many days:
Jeremiah 38:6Then did they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malkiyahu the son of the king, that was in the court of the prison: and they let Jeremiah down with cords; but in the pit there was no water, but mire; so that Jeremiah sunk into the mire.
Daniel 6:17(6:18) And a stone was brought, and placed upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet-ring, and with the signet-ring of his lords, that nothing should be changed in the purpose concerning Daniel.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:43-55
Complaining to God. ( b. c. 588.) 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of… Read the whole commentary →