צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ (ס)
Waters flowed over my head; I said: ‘I am cut off.’
Rashi on Lamentations
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 on Lamentations
The waters rose. The nations of the world.41I.e., ‘Water’ is an allegory referring to the nations of the world.