Lamentations 3:53

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then they tried to kill me by tossing me into a pit and throwing stones at me.

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:20

Please, don't send me back to that prison at Jonathan's house. If you do, I will die.”

Jeremiah 38:6

Then they took me back to the courtyard of the palace guards and let me down with ropes into the well that belonged to Malchiah, the king's son. There was no water in the well, and I sank down in the mud.

Jeremiah 38:9

Ebedmelech said, “Your Majesty, Jeremiah is a prophet, and those men were wrong to throw him into a well. And when Jerusalem runs out of food, Jeremiah will starve to death down there.”

Daniel 6:17

A stone was rolled over the pit, and it was sealed. Then Darius and his officials stamped the seal to show that no one should let Daniel out.

Daniel 6:18

All night long the king could not sleep. He did not eat anything, and he would not let anyone come in to entertain him.

Jonah 2:1

From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God:

Matthew 27:60

Then Joseph put the body in his own tomb that had been cut into solid rock and had never been used. He rolled a big stone against the entrance to the tomb and went away.

Matthew 27:66

So they sealed it tight and placed soldiers there to guard it.