Lamentations 3:54
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
In Context
53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
55I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
Cross References
Job 17:11My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.
Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
Psalms 69:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Psalms 124:4then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
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 →