Lamentations 3:8
Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
In Context
7He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
9He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
Cross References
Job 30:20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Psalms 80:4O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Lamentations 3:44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? 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 →