Lamentations 3:53

New American Bible - revised edition

They tried to end my life in the pit, pelting me with stones.

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:16

And so Jeremiah went into a room in the dungeon, where he remained many days.

Jeremiah 37:20

Please hear me, my lord king! Grant my petition: do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I shall die there.”

Jeremiah 38:6

And so they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah, in the court of the guard, letting him down by rope. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord king, these men have done wrong in all their treatment of Jeremiah the prophet, throwing him into the cistern. He will starve to death on the spot, for there is no more bread in the city.”

Daniel 6:17

So the king ordered Daniel to be brought and cast into the lions’ den. To Daniel he said, “Your God, whom you serve so constantly, must save you.”

Daniel 6:18

To forestall any tampering, the king sealed with his own ring and the rings of the lords the stone that had been brought to block the opening of the den.

Jonah 2:1

But the Lord sent a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the rock. Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the tomb and departed.

Matthew 27:66

So they went and secured the tomb by fixing a seal to the stone and setting the guard.