Lamentations 3:53 KJV — MannaFest

Lamentations 3:53

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

KJV

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ASV

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

WEB

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

YLT

They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

DBT

They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.

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Lamentations — Five poems over the ruin of Jerusalem. The first four are alphabetic acrostics — every letter of the Hebrew alphabet drafted to hold the weight of grief. At the book's centre, mercy renewed every morning.

Author: Traditionally Jeremiah (cf. 2 Chron 35:25); the book itself is anonymous
Date: Shortly after Jerusalem's fall, c. 586 BC

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17 verses on the floor

Jonah 2:1
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,
Psalms 130:1
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
Psalms 42:7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Jeremiah 38:6
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Daniel 6:17
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

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): They have cut off my life in the dungeon. They have shut up their captives in close and dark prisons, where they are as it were cut off from the land of the living (as

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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LAM 3:53JER 38:6 JER 37:21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
LAM 3:53MAT 27:60 ISA 53:9
LAM 3:53MAT 27:60 MAT 27:66
LAM 3:53JER 37:16 JER 38:6
LAM 3:53JER 38:6 JER 38:22
LAM 3:53JER 38:6 PSA 69:2
LAM 3:53JER 38:6 JER 37:16
LAM 3:53MAT 27:60 MAT 28:2

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