Lamentations 3:53
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul,.... Or, causes of "my soul", or "life" (u); such as concerned his soul and life: not one only, but many of them; and this respects not Jeremiah only,…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
They have cut off my life in the dungeon - Or, “They destroyed my life in the pit,” i. e. tried to destroy it by casting me into the cistern, and covering the month with a stone. See the margin…
It is easier to chide ourselves for complaining than to chide ourselves out of it. The prophet had owned that a living man should not complain, as if he checked himself for his complaints in the…
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