Lamentations 3:8
Ghimel. Yea, and when I cry, and entreat, he hath shut out my prayer.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
In Context
7Ghimel. He hath built against me round about, that I may not get out: he hath made my fetters heavy.
9Ghimel. He hath shut up my ways with square stones, he hath turned my paths upside down.
Cross References
Job 30:20I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.
Psalms 80:4Convert us, O God: and shew us thy face, and we shall be saved.
Lamentations 3:44Samech. Thou hast set a cloud before thee, that our prayer may not pass through.
Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:2-21
The Prophet's Personal Affliction. ( b. c. 588.) 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath… Read the whole commentary →