Lamentations 3:54

Waters flowed over mine head - A figurative expression for great mental trouble.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Lamentations 3. The Third Lament. Here it is the singer that comes chiefly to the front; whereas in Lamentations 3:1 it had been Zion, and in La...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

over mine head. Compare Psalms 69:2 . I am cut off. Compare Psalms 88:5 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He now adds a third comparison, — that he had been overwhelmed, as it were, with a flood of evils. This similitude occurs often in Scripture, e...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1095 THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER Lamentations 3:54-57 . Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird - which is destitute of counsel and strengt...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zion's Hope in God's Mercy This third poem is the most elaborate in structure and the most sublime in thought of all. The poet speaks not only for...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GRIEVING BEFORE GOD Lamentations 3:43-54 AS might have been expected, the mourning patriot quickly forsakes the patch of sunshine which lights...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this central and longest poem, Jeremiah identified himself completely with the experiences of his people. In the first movement, in language which...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Waters flowed over mine head ,.... As in a pit or dungeon, where there is not only mire and clay, but much water, into which persons being put, sink...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off. Ver. 54. Waters flowed over mine head. ] Many and great miseries have overwhelmed and o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Mine enemies chased me sore “The prophet in this, and the following verses, describes his own sufferings, when his enemies seized him and put him i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaining to God. B. C. 588. 42 We...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Afflictions often in Scripture are called waters , Isaiah 28:17,18 Isaiah 59:19 . I am cut off; that is, I am utterly undone, there is no hop...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet Looks Back On His Own Experiences And Calls On YHWH To Avenge Him ( Lamentations 3:52-66 ). The chapter commenced with the personal ex...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXEGETICAL NOTES. — (צ) Lamentations 3:52 . They have hunted me down like a bird is hunted when pursued with the eagerness of those who are my...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We are about to read a chapter which is very full of sorrow; while you are listening to it, some of you may be saying, «We are not in that condition....
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Lamentations 3:52-55 . Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Metre changes here. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two in number, begin three hemistichs, which make sixty six verses. It would look...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Lamentations 3:1-25 MONOLOGUE SPOKEN BY AN INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER WHOSE FATE IS BOUND UP WITH THAT OF...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Confession of Sin and Complaint over the Cruelty of the Enemies
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Waters flowed over mine head, the picture of a flood of waters being used to give some idea of the greatness and intensity of his suffering; then I...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 6:17 ; Jeremiah 37:20 ; Jeremiah 38:6 ; Jeremiah 38:9 ; Matthew 27:60 ; Matthew 27:66
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cut off — I am undone, there is no hope for me.

⁵⁴ Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

Related Commentaries of Lamentations 3:54

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lamentations 3:54