Lamentations 3:53 (YLT)

Passage

They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

Nearby Context

Lamentations 3:51 My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.

Lamentations 3:52 Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.

Lamentations 3:53 They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.

Lamentations 3:54 Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.

Lamentations 3:55 I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "life", "cast", "stone", and "against". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "life" and "cast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 52's "Hunted me sore as a bird have..." into verse 54's "Flowed have waters over my head I...", so "life" and "cast" belong inside that flow. In Lamentations context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "life" and "cast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.