Lamentations 3:54 meaning and explanation
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
Lamentations 3:54, Berean Standard Bible
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These words come from the voice of a man who has suffered under God's rod, likely spoken on behalf of Jerusalem after its destruction. He describes his ordeal as drowning: waters flowing over his head, a picture of being swallowed by death, close to the Old Testament image of the Pit or Sheol.
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