Lamentations 3:53
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
Cross-reference
Lamentations 3:2 adds the image of darkness, reinforcing the same theme of confinement and affliction.
Jeremiah 38:6 describes Jeremiah being cast into a muddy cistern — the very event this lament likely reflects.
Jeremiah 38:9 adds that Jeremiah was left to starve in the cistern — deepening the suffering described here.
Daniel 6:17 describes a stone sealing the lions' den — matching the 'cast a stone' imagery here.
Psalm 40:2 uses the same pit imagery — being drawn out of a miry pit, contrasting with being cast in here.
Psalm 130:1 echoes the same cry from the depths, turning the physical pit into a plea for mercy.
Jeremiah 37:16 provides the historical account of Jeremiah being cast into the dungeon that this verse laments.
Jonah 2:1 parallels being trapped in a deep place and crying out to God, similar to this pit experience.
1 Kings 22:27 records Micaiah's imprisonment on royal orders — a similar fate for a prophet as described here.
Isaiah 51:14 promises release from the pit, contrasting present suffering with future hope.
Acts 16:24 describes Paul and Silas in inner prison, another instance of unjust confinement echoing this lament.