Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Lam 3:53

“Sade. My life is fallen into the pit, and they have laid a stone over me.”

“in . . . dungeon-- (Jer 37:16). stone--usually put at the mouth of a dungeon to secure the prisoners (Jos 10:18; Dan 6:17; Mat 27:60).”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.