Lamentations 3:54

New International Reader's Version

The water rose and covered my head. I thought I was going to die.

Cross References

Job 22:11

That’s why it’s so dark you can’t even see. That’s why a flood covers you up.

Psalm 18:4

The ropes of death were almost wrapped around me. A destroying flood swept over me.

Psalm 31:22

I was afraid and said, “I’ve been cut off from you!” But you heard my cry for your favor. You heard me when I called out to you for help.

Psalm 69:15

Don’t let the floods cover me. Don’t let the deep water swallow me up. Don’t let the grave close its mouth over me.

Psalm 88:16

Your great anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.

Isaiah 53:8

He was arrested and sentenced to death. Then he was taken away. He was cut off from this life. He was punished for the sins of my people. Who among those who were living at that time tried to stop what was happening?

Lamentations 3:18

So I say, “My glory has faded away. My hope in the Lord is gone.”

Ezekiel 37:11

Then the Lord said to me, “Son of man, these bones stand for all the people of Israel. The people say, ‘Our bones are dried up. We’ve lost all hope. We are destroyed.’

Luke 11:10

Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find. And the door will be opened to the one who knocks.