Lamentations 3:53

KJV1611 – Modern English

They cut off my life in the pit and threw a stone upon me.

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  • Jer 38:6 : 6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sank in the mire.
  • Jer 38:9 : 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread in the city.
  • Dan 6:17 : 17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, so that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.
  • Jer 37:16 : 16 When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
  • Jer 37:20 : 20 Therefore hear now, I pray you, O my lord the king: let my plea, I pray you, be accepted before you, that you do not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
  • Matt 27:60 : 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed.
  • Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went, and made the sepulcher secure, sealing the stone and setting a guard.

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