Waters - not literally, for there was “no water” (Jer 38:6) in the place of Jeremiah’s confinement, but emblematical of overwhelming calamities (Psa 69:2; Psa 124:4, Psa 124:5).
cut off - (Isa 38:10, Isa 38:11). I am abandoned by God. He speaks according to carnal sense.