Lamentations 3:54 · KJV
“Waters flowed over mine head; {then} I said, I am cut off.”
— Lamentations 3:54
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Lamentations 3 — Context
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54Waters 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.
Cross References
Jonah 2:3-5
For 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. {midst: Heb. heart}
Ezekiel 37:11
Then 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.
Psalms 18:4
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. {ungodly men: Heb. Belial}
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For 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:
Lamentations 3:18
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Job 17:11-16
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, {even} the thoughts of my heart. {the thoughts: Heb. the possessions}
Isaiah 38:10-13
I 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.
Psalms 69:1-2
[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, {A Psalm} of David.] Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto {my} soul.