Lamentations 3:53
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:53 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:53 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:53 — KJV
“They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.”
— Lamentations 3:53 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:53 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 3:53
“Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. sharp...: or, knife cast...: Heb. made it touch”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:53: cut, off, cast
“Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:53: cut, off, life
“And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: offend...: or, cause thee to offend”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:53: cut, off, life
“For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:53: cut, off, life
“He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:53: cut, off, stone
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