Lamentations 3:53
They cast me into a pit and they threw a stone on me, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
In Context
52I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason. 1
54and they caused waters to overflow, covering my head. I said, 'I have been cut off!' 1
Cross References
Jeremiah 37:16So Jeremiah was put into an underground cell, where he stayed for many days.
Jeremiah 38:6Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malkijah, son of the king. The cistern was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah down on ropes. There was no water in the cistern, but it was muddy, and he sank down into the mud.
Daniel 6:17A stone was brought over the entrance to the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles so that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
Matthew 27:60and laid it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb and went away.
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 →