Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Lamentations 3:55 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 55. 55I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
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Quick Meaning
This verse begins a new paragraph with the LORD's name called from the lowest pit.
The name is called from the lowest pit
This verse is one part of that explanation in Lamentations 3:55-60. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Lamentations 3:55-60
Read Lamentations 3:55 with 3:55-60. This verse begins a new paragraph with the LORD's name called from the lowest pit. The complete unit establishes this movement: From the lowest pit the speaker calls on the LORD, remembers or requests divine hearing and nearness, recalls his cause being pleaded and life redeemed, and asks God to judge the wrong and vengeance already seen.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The drowning image turns into addressed prayer and a legal appeal, giving fragile evidence of nearness without ending the enemy conflict. Within that movement, this verse begins a new paragraph with the LORD's name called from the lowest pit.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“I called upon thy name”
In plain language: This verse begins a new paragraph with the LORD's name called from the lowest pit.
Direct prayer can emerge from the place that felt sealed.
Why it matters: The wording marks this verse's distinct contribution to the poem.
How certain? strongWhat Remains True
Direct prayer can emerge from the place that felt sealed.
How It Can Shape Life
- Support prayer and practical rescue together.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Lamentations 3:55-60 — Calling from the Pit and Pleading for JusticeSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact displayed Scripture, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and canonical verse coverage.
Exact location: Lamentations 3:55-60, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Lamentations
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, alphabet sequence, person and number, repeated vocabulary, and translation questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lam.xml, OSIS Lam.3.55-Lam.3.60
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Lamentations with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level Hebrew, syntax, textual, acrostic, literary, historical, and translation notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Lamentations PDF, printed pp. 1565-1571, translation and notes on 3:55-60
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