Lamentations 3:55
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 3:55 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 3:55 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 3:55 — KJV
“I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.”
— Lamentations 3:55 (KJV)
Lamentations 3:55 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 3:55
“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:55: called, name, lord
“And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Enos: Heb. Enosh to call...: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:55: called, name, lord
“And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:55: called, name, lord
“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Babel: that is, Confusion”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:55: called, name, lord
“And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 3:55: called, name, lord
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