Lamentations 3:44
Thou hast covered Thyself with an anan, 1 that our tefillah not pass through. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
In Context
43Thou hast covered with af (anger), and pursued us; 1 Thou hast slain, Thou hast not pitied. 1
45Thou hast made us as the offscouring 1 and refuse among the amim. 1
Cross References
Psalms 80:5Hashem Elohim Tzva'os, 1 ad mosai (how long) wilt Thou be angry against the tefillat amecha (prayer of Thy people)? 1
Jeremiah 14:11Then said Hashem unto me, Pray not for HaAm Hazeh for their tovah (well-being).
Lamentations 2:1How hath Adonoi covered Bat Tziyon 1 with a cloud in His anger, 1 and hurled down from Shomayim 1 unto Eretz the tiferet Yisroel, 1 and remembered not His hadom (footstool) 1 in the Day of His Wrath! 1
Zechariah 7:13Therefore it is come to pass, 1 that as He + 7:13 Hashem called, and they would not hear; 1 so they called, and I would not hear, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os; 1
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 →