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Lamentations 3:53 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Lamentations 3:53 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Lamentations chapter 3 verse 53 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.”
Lamentations 3:53 (KJV)
Commentary on Lamentations 3:53
The imagery darkens: "They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me." The Hebrew tsamequ vabbor chayayi vayyaddu-even bi describes being trapped and sealed in a pit. Tsamequ (צָמְתוּ) means to destroy, exterminate, or cut off. Vabbor (וַבּוֹר, "in the pit/cistern") refers to an underground chamber, often used for imprisonment or execution."Cast a stone upon me" (vayyaddu-even bi, וַיַּדּוּ־אֶבֶן בִּי) suggests sealing the pit's opening with a stone, leaving the victim to die of exposure, thirst, or suffocation. This echoes Jeremiah's literal experience—thrown into a cister...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:53
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“and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet”
“and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son”
“these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet”
“and into the cells”
“sealing the stone.”
“my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you”
“which he had hewn out in the rock”