Lamentations 3:53

Modern

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

Traditional

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

Literal

They have cut off my life in the pit, and they threw stones at me;

Latin

Lapsa est in lacum vita mea, et posuerunt lapidem super me.

Hebrew

English

They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

This passage might refer to Jeremiah’s experience in the cistern (Jeremiah 37:11–15; 38:1–13).

The author emphasizes how cruel the enemies are and cries out to the Lord for help.

In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).

Jeremiah 38:9
“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Daniel 6:17
A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.
Jeremiah 37:16
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
Matthew 27:66
So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
Jeremiah 37:20
But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
Matthew 27:60
…and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.