Lamentations 3:55
in Lamentations 3I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
KJV
I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
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This verse in Lamentations 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies. Lam 3:55 Out of the low dungeon - “The lowest pit” of Psa 88:6. Some consider that Ps. 69 was composed by Jeremiah, and is the prayer referred to here (Jer 38:6 note). Lam 3:56 Thou hast heard - In sending Ebedmelech to deliver me. The next clause signifies “Hide not thine ear to my relief to my cry,” i. e. to my cry for relief.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
The benevolence, on the part of the person, the judge, is displayed here. First is shown his mercy towards miserable people, second, the justice of the judge. Regarding mercy toward miserable people, three more ideas are set forth. First is a prayer for such miserable …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Some think Jeremiah makes these complaints, not only as an intercessor for Israel, but as a type of Christ, who was thought by some to be Jeremiah the weeping prophet, because he was much in tears ( Matt. xvi.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
I called upon thy name, O Lord,.... As in times past, so in the present distress; when all hope was gone, and all help failed, still there was a God to go to, and call upon: out of the low dungeon; or "dungeon of lownesses" (r); the lowest dungeon, the deepest distress, a man or people could be in; yet then and there it is not too late to call upon the Lord; and there may be hope of deliverance out of such an estate by him. (r) מבור תחתיות "e cisterna infimitatum", Piscator.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קָרָ֤אתִי | karati | I called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| שִׁמְךָ֙ | shimkha | name your | H8034 → | |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מִבּ֖וֹר | mibor | from a pit of | H953 → | |
| תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃ | tachtiyot | lowest parts | H8482 → |
קָרָ֤אתִיI called
karatiH7121 →733 times
שִׁמְךָ֙name your
shimkhaH8034 →
יְהוָ֔הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מִבּ֖וֹרfrom a pit of
miborH953 →
תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃lowest parts
tachtiyotH8482 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Lamentations
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Lamentations.