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A Metaphor for Despair
Commentators explain that the phrase "waters flowed over my head" is a powerful metaphor for being completely overwhelmed by affliction and trouble. As one scholar notes, when waters rise above the head, all hope of survival seems lost, which is why the speaker concludes, "I am cut off."
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Lamentations
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Albert Barnes
On Lamentations 3:54
18th Century
Theologian
Waters flowed over mine head - A figurative expression for great mental trouble.
Charles Spurgeon
On Lamentations 3:52–55
19th Century
Preacher
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.
John Calvin
On Lamentations 3:54
16th Century
Theologian
He now adds a third comparison—that he had been overwhelmed, as it were, with a flood of evils. This analogy occurs often in Scripture, especially …
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John Gill
On Lamentations 3:54
17th Century
Pastor
Waters flowed over my head
As in a pit or dungeon, where there is not only mire and clay, but much water, into which…
Matthew Henry
On Lamentations 3:42–54
17th Century
Minister
The more the prophet looked on the desolations, the more he was grieved. Here is one word of comfort. While they continued weeping, they continued …