Lamentations 3:44
You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
In Context
43You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us, you have killed and you have not spared. 1
45You have made us like filthy scum and refuse among the nations. 1
Cross References
Psalms 80:5You have fed them with the bread of tears 1 and given them tears to drink in great quantities. 1
Jeremiah 14:11Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for good on behalf of this people.
Lamentations 2:1The Lord has covered the daughter of Zion under the cloud of his anger. 1 He has thrown the splendor of Israel down from heaven to earth. 1 He has not remembered his footstool on the day of his anger. 1
Zechariah 7:13It happened that when he called, they did not listen. In the same way,” said Yahweh of hosts, “they will call out to me, but I will not listen.
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 →