Lamentations 3:54

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Summary

Lamentations 3:54

Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

Waters

I said

General references

Jonah 2:5

Luke 11:10

Bible References

Waters

The ropes of death were wrapped around me;
the torrents of destruction terrified me.

For the choir director: according to “The Lilies.” Davidic.Save me, God,
for the water has risen to my neck.

Then the waters would have engulfed us;
the torrent would have swept over us;

You threw me into the depths,
into the heart of the seas,
and the current overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.

I said

Then I thought: My future is lost,
as well as my hope from the Lord.

My days have slipped by;
my plans have been ruined,
even the things dear to my heart.

In my alarm I had said,
“I am cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard the sound of my pleading
when I cried to You for help.

I said: In the prime of my life

I must go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the rest of my years.

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia: we were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength—so that we even despaired of life.

General references

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;

the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.