Reference

Lamentations 3:53

Sheol / The Grave Destruction / Perishing Language Annihilation / Destruction

“They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.”

Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Sheol / The Grave

Semantic Discovery

50% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Destruction / Perishing Language

Keyword Match

90% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Annihilation / Destruction

Keyword Match

80% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Sheol / The Grave

The verse describes a physical act of imprisonment and an attempt to end a life, not necessarily the state of being dead or a specific location for the dead. The "dungeon" and "stone" refer to a literal confinement and a means of sealing it, which could be interpreted as a living burial or an attempt to kill, rather than a direct reference to the afterlife or the grave as a destination.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes the speaker's personal suffering and feeling of impending death, not the fate of the wicked.

Annihilation / Destruction

The verse describes an act of violence and imprisonment, which, while potentially leading to death, does not explicitly state that the life has been "cut off" as a result of divine judgment or that the individual has ceased to exist in the sense of annihilation.

Sheol / The Grave

Related Verses

Lamentations 3:6

“He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.”

Lamentations 3:4

“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”

Psalms 31:10

“For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.”

Psalms 31:12

“I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.”

Isaiah 38:10

“I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.”

Thematic Connections

Sheol / The Grave Destruction / Perishing Language Annihilation / Destruction

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