Lamentations 3:8
Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
In Context
7He has walled me about, so that I can’t go out. He has made my chain heavy.
9He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.
Cross References
Job 30:20I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
Psalms 80:4LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
Lamentations 3:44You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you 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 →