MANNAFEST

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

KJV

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4 additional translations
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.

About this book

Old Testament

LamentationsFive 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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