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Lamentations 3:53-56 KJV
Lamentations · chapter 3 · verses 53–56 · King James Version
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.Lamentations 3:53-56 · King James Version
Lamentations 3:53-56 in context
51Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
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.
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.
57Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
58O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
Key words (Strong's)
- breathingrᵉvâchâhreliefH7309 →
- dungeonbôwra pit holeH953 →
- WatersmayimwaterH4325 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- lifechayaliveH2416 →
- castyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
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