Cross references

Lamentations 3:54

The waters flowed over my head,

and I thought I was going to die.

Lamentations 3:54 BSB

Lamentations 3:54 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezekiel 37:11 (5 votes) and Jonah 2:3–5 (5 votes). 25 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Genesis 37 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does Lamentations 3:54 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

  2. For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me. At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’ …

  3. Psalm 18:43 votes

    The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

  4. For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.

  5. So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”

  6. We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. …

  7. My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart. They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness. …

  8. In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.

  9. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

  10. then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us, then the raging waters would have swept us away.

Which verses point to Lamentations 3:54?

The 10 strongest of 25.