Lamentations 3:54

The Passion Translation

Water rose over my head; I thought, “I’m going to die!”

Cross References

Psalm 18:4

For when the cords of death wrapped around me and torrents of destruction overwhelmed me, taking me to death’s door,

Psalm 31:22

I spoke hastily when I said, “The Lord has deserted me.” For in truth, you did hear my prayer and came to rescue me.

Psalm 69:15

Don’t let this flood drown me. Save me from these deep waters or I’ll go down to the pit of destruction.

Psalm 88:16

I’m overwhelmed by your burning anger. I’ve taken the worst you could give me, and I’m speechless before you.

Isaiah 53:8

By coercion and with a perversion of justice he was taken away. And who could have imagined his future? He was cut down in the prime of life; for the rebellion of his own people, he was struck down in their place.

Lamentations 3:18

I thought to myself, “My endurance has evaporated; Yahweh has stamped out my hope for the future.”

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the entire house of Israel. They keep saying, ‘We are as dry as these dead bones. Our nation has been completely destroyed, and we have lost all hope.’