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What does Lamentations 3:54 mean?

"Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”"

— Lamentations 3:54 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

51

My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

52

They have chased me relentlessly like a bird, those who are my enemies without cause.

53

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

54

Waters flowed over my head. I said, “I am cut off.”

55

I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.

56

You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”

57

You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”

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