Lamentations 3:53

dungeon. pit. Compare Jeremiah 38:6. and Psalms 88:6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

They have cut off my life (y) in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. (y) Read ( Jeremiah 37:16 ) how he was in the miry dungeon.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He now employs other comparisons. Some improperly confine this to Jeremiah himself, as though he explained here before God the wrongs done to h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
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

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cast a stone upon me. — The words admit of two meanings: (1) that they cast stones at him; (2) that they placed a stone over the opening of his dun...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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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

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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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

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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

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, desiring to destroy it by taking such extreme measures, and cast a stone upon me, heaping this further indi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Dungeon — Dungeon seems here to be taken for the lowest condition of misery.

⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

Related Commentaries of Lamentations 3:53

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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 3:53