Lamentations 3:54

Lamentations 3:54 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)water closed over my head; I said, 'I am lost.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)The waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”
• New Living Translation (NLT)The water rose over my head, and I cried out, “This is the end!”

Context of Lamentations 3:54

52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. 53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. 55I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. 56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Lamentations 3:54 word by word

צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ סRead the interlinear

• Watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• flowed overצוּףtsûph · to flowH6687
• mine headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I am cut offגָּזַרgâzar · to cutH1504

Cross-references for Lamentations 3:54

• Psalms 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
• Psalms 124:4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
• Jonah 2:3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
• Lamentations 3:18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
• Job 17:11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
• Psalms 31:22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
• Isaiah 38:10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
• Ezekiel 37:11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

Commentaries on Lamentations 3:54

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54Waters flowed over mine head - A figurative expression for great mental trouble.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 42-54Verses 42-54 The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued waiting; and neither did nor would expect relief and succour from any but the Lord.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 52-57This passage might refer to Jeremiah’s experience in the cistern (Jeremiah 37:11–15; 38:1–13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 52-5452-54. a bird--which is destitute of counsel and strength. The allusion seems to be to Pr 1:17 [Calvin]. without cause--(Psa 69:4; 109:3, 4). Type of Messiah (Joh 15:25).Read the comment

Topics related to Lamentations 3:54

• Jeremiah
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Commentaries on Lamentations 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings