Lamentations 3:8

Translations

Modern

Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

Traditional

Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

Literal

…even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.

Latin

Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero, exclusit orationem meam.

Original

Hebrew

English

Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

Notes

Lamentations 3:6–9

Some interpreters understand these verses as a poetic description of Jeremiah’s time in a muddy cistern (a deep water pit) before the destruction of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 38:6–13).

Lamentations 3:1–24

The author speaks of the suffering of Judah and Jerusalem as his own.

Lamentations 3:1–66

In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:1–20, 48–54). In this chapter, the author mourns what has happened (Lamentations 3:21–25). He explains how God’s people should respond (Lamentations 3:26–47). Finally, he calls out to the Lord in prayer (Lamentations 3:55–66).

Related verses

Job 30:20
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Psalm 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Job 19:7
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
Lamentations 3:44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
Habakkuk 1:2
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
Psalm 80:4
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

Glossary

Acrostic Gall Lamentations, Book of Poetry, Biblical Wild Gourd

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning Doubting: General Scriptures Concerning Judgments: should Lead to Humiliation Wicked (People): Prayer of

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