Lamentations 3:55
I called on your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the pit. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
In Context
54and they caused waters to overflow, covering my head. I said, 'I have been cut off!' 1
56You heard my voice when I said, 'Do not close your ear to my cry for help.' 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11So Yahweh brought on them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, bound him with fetters, and took him off to Babylon.
Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for Yahweh; 1 he listened to me and heard my cry. 1
Psalms 116:3The cords of death surrounded me, 1 and the snares of Sheol confronted me; 1 I felt anguish and sorrow. 1
Psalms 142:3When my spirit is weak within me, 1 you know my path. 1 In the way that I walk 1 they have hidden a trap for me. 1
Jonah 2:2He said, 1 “I called out to Yahweh about my distress 1 and he answered me; 1 from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help! 1 You heard my voice. 1
Acts 16:24After he got this command, the jailer threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
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 →