Lamentations 3:44

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.

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Referenced Verses

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

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