Graphic Bible · Scene 54 of 66

Poetic visual interpretation: Very close dark water surface against rough stone, no drowning person; disclosed poetic metaphor.
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Lamentations 3:54

Waters Over My Head

Affliction, Hope, and the Plea for Justice · Lamentations 3

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 3:54. Very close dark water surface against rough stone, no drowning person; disclosed poetic metaphor. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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54Waters closed over my head; I said, “I am cut off.”

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