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Lamentations 3:53

SufferingFearDeath and loss

51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

52 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.

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

54 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.

55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.

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BSB
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
KJV
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
WEB
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
ASV
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
DARBY
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
BLB
They have cut off my life in the pit, and they threw stones at me;
ÅB
De ville gjøre ende på mitt liv, de ville kaste meg i brønnen, og de kastet stein på meg.
OTB
De prøvde å avslutte mitt liv i en grop og kastet steiner på meg;
B1930
De vilde gjøre ende på mitt liv, de vilde kaste mig i brønnen, og de kastet sten på mig.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 38:6

    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

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  • Daniel 6:17

    A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.

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  • Jeremiah 38:9

    “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”

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  • Jeremiah 37:16

    So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.

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  • Matthew 27:66

    So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

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  • Matthew 27:60

    and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.

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  • Jeremiah 37:20

    But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”

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