Lamentations 3:55

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

Cross-reference

Psalm 18:6 Parallel

Psalm 18:6 directly shows calling upon the Lord in distress, mirroring the cry from the pit.

Psalm 40:1 Parallel

Psalm 40:1 tells of waiting patiently and the Lord hearing the cry—a parallel to the plea from the depths.

Psalm 40:2 Parallel

Psalm 40:2 explicitly mentions being drawn up from a 'pit of destruction'—directly parallel to the pit in Lamentations.

Psalm 116:4 Parallel

Psalm 116:4 records calling on the Lord's name for salvation—identical action to Lamentations 3:55.

Psalm 130:1 Allusion

Psalm 130:1 begins 'Out of the depths I cry to you'—nearly identical wording to the cry from the pit.

Psalm 130:2 Parallel

Psalm 130:2 continues the plea for the Lord to hear the voice—echoing the same supplication.

Jeremiah 38:6 Historical context

Jeremiah 38:6 records Jeremiah being thrown into a muddy cistern, the very pit from which he cries out in Lamentations.

Jonah 2:2-4 describes crying from the deep sea, mirroring the same desperate call from a pit in Lamentations.

Psalm 31:22 Parallel

Psalm 31:22 expresses feeling cut off from God yet heard when crying out, matching the abandoned pit experience.

Psalm 69:14 Parallel

Psalm 69:14 pleads for rescue from mire and deep waters, directly paralleling the pit imagery of Lamentations.

Jeremiah 37:16 Historical context

Jeremiah 37:16 describes Jeremiah in a dungeon, another confinement where he would have cried out, similar to the pit.

2 Chronicles 33:11 shows King Manasseh captured and put in chains — a historical parallel to calling from the pit of captivity.

Psalm 142:3-4 describes a fainting spirit and feeling abandoned—similar to the despair of the pit.