Lamentations 3:44

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lam 3:8 : 8 Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.
  • Zech 7:13 : 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts;
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
  • Jer 15:1 : 1 Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
  • Jer 14:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for [their] good.
  • Ps 80:4 : 4 O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

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    42We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.

    43Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

  • 45Thou hast made us an off-scouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

  • 19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

  • 4Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

  • Ps 44:9-10
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    9But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.

    10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • 34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

    14Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

  • 11Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

  • 7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.

  • 4O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

  • 9He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.

  • 32He covereth his hands with the lightning, And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

  • 3Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

  • 22But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

  • 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

  • Ps 89:44-46
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    44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

    45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: Thou hast covered him with shame. {{Selah

    46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?

  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

  • 2but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.

  • 8Yea, when I cry, and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • 1[For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand]. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

  • 4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them] .

  • 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  • 2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;

  • 13And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.

  • 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

  • 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?

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    38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

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    16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

    17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

  • 3Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

  • 1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

  • 35When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

  • 12Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Jehovah? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

  • 8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

  • 21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

  • 13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

  • 3Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger.

  • 22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.

  • 12Thou didst march though the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

  • 26When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

  • 1[A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • 17and the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens, so that there shall be no rain, and the land shall not yield its fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which Jehovah giveth you.

  • 20We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.