Genesis 37:24
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24 and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
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Jeremiah 38:6
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6 So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. Now there was no water in the cistern but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.(A)
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Zechariah 9:11
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11 As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.(A)
Lamentations 4:20
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20 The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,
was taken in their pits—
the one of whom we said, “Under his shadow
we shall live among the nations.”(A)
Lamentations 3:52-55
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52 Those who were my enemies without cause
have hunted me like a bird;(A)
53 they flung me alive into a pit
and hurled stones on me;(B)
54 water closed over my head;
I said, “I am lost.”(C)
55 I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;(D)
Psalm 130:1-2
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Psalm 130
Waiting for Divine Redemption
A Song of Ascents.
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.(A)
2 Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!(B)
Psalm 88:8
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8 You have caused my companions to shun me;
you have made me a thing of horror to them.
I am shut in so that I cannot escape;(A)
Psalm 88:6
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6 You have put me in the depths of the Pit,
in the regions dark and deep.(A)
Psalm 40:2
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2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,[a]
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.(A)
Footnotes
- 40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
Psalm 35:7
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