Lamentations 3:44
Thou hast veiled thyself with a cloud 1 Because of prayer, 1 That I might be blind, 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
In Context
43Thou hast visited us in wrath, 1 And driven us away: 1 Thou hast slain, 1 Thou hast not pitied. 1
45And be cast off. 1 Thou hast set us alone 1 In the midst of the nations. 1
Cross References
Psalms 80:5For this is an ordinance for Israel, 1 And a statute of the God of Jacob. 1
Jeremiah 14:11And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for their good:
Lamentations 2:1How has the Lord darkened in his wrath 1 The daughter of Zion! 1 He has cast down the glory of Israel 1 From heaven to earth, 1 And has not remembered his footstool. 1
Zechariah 7:13And it shall come to pass, that as he spoke, and they hearkened not, so they shall cry, and I will not hearken, saith the Lord Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Lamentations 3:43-55
Complaining to God. ( b. c. 588.) 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of… Read the whole commentary →