צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ (ס)
물이 내 머리에 넘치니 내가 스스로 이르기를 이제는 멸절되었다 하도다
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Flowed” [3:54]. They poured the water. That is to say, the nations are like a flood of water. They came over my head and when a person is in the water up to his head, he is lost. However, I, Jeremiah, still have my hope and reliance on God, even when the nations are like water that is over my head.
Rashi
The waters rose, etc. When a person is in water up to his waist, there still is hope, but if the water rises over his head, he then says, “My hope is gone,” but I do not do this, rather “I called out, etc.”
Rashi
The waters rose. The nations of the world.41I.e., ‘Water’ is an allegory referring to the nations of the world.