Lamentations 3:54

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

Cross-reference

In Lamentations 3:18, the same speaker declares hope has perished, intensifying the sense of being cut off.

Psalm 124:5 Parallel

Psalm 124:5 continues the image of swollen waters passing over, reinforcing the metaphor of utter engulfment.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 describes being overwhelmed beyond strength, echoing the feeling of being cut off, but with deliverance.

Jonah 2:3-5 recounts being cast into the deep with waters surrounding, a parallel experience of feeling cut off.

Ezekiel 37:11 records Israel saying 'we are cut off,' applying the same despair to the nation's exile.

Isaiah 38:10-13 describes Hezekiah feeling cut off from life, similar to the lament of being overwhelmed by death.

Psalm 124:4 Parallel

Psalm 124:4 describes waters overwhelming the soul, mirroring the feeling of being drowned in trouble.

Psalm 69:15 Parallel

In Psalm 69:15, the same plea to be saved from overwhelming floodwaters echoes the lament of being submerged.

Psalm 69:2 Parallel

Psalm 69:1 again echoes the cry from engulfing waters, reinforcing the desperate plea for salvation.

Psalm 69:1 Parallel

Psalm 69:1 directly parallels the waters up to the neck, expressing the same drowning desperation.

Psalm 31:22 Allusion

Psalm 31:22 directly repeats 'I am cut off' from God's sight, then adds that God heard—a deliverance contrast.

Psalm 18:4 Parallel

Psalm 18:4 uses torrents of destruction as a metaphor for being overwhelmed, mirroring the waters closing over the head.

Job 17:11-16 expresses crushed hopes and descent to the grave, paralleling the despair of being cut off.

2 Samuel 22:17 describes God drawing David out of deep waters — the same image of being overwhelmed, but with rescue.

Jonah 2:5 Parallel

Jonah 2:5 describes waters over his head and being banished — a very close parallel to this cry of being overwhelmed.

Matthew 14:30 shows Peter sinking and crying 'Lord, save me!' — a similar cry from perilous waters.

Job 22:11 Parallel

Job 22:11 uses the same 'flood of water covers you' imagery, but as an accusation of sin causing suffering.

Luke 8:24 Parallel

Luke 8:24 shows disciples fearing drowning, then Jesus calms the storm — contrasting the helplessness here with divine power over waters.